← Back to Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy
Why RPM Italian Is on Our Top 50 Italian Outside Italy
RPM Italian, under Doug Psaltis (consultant chef)'s direction, is ranked #31 on our Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The regional Italian register: Italian-American (Northern Italian lineage).
The pasta-making method: Fresh extruded plus hand-rolled. The signature dish: Lemon ricotta agnolotti, spaghetti pomodoro, sausage and pepper rigatoni.
The wine program: Italian-only; Piedmont, Tuscany, Sicily verticals.
The chef pedigree: Lettuce Entertain You group; Bill and Giuliana Rancic. The family lineage: Psaltis trained at Per Se and at NoMad NYC; Lettuce Entertain You.
How to Book RPM Italian
The booking lead time: 6 to 10 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking portal where applicable; many of the best Italian restaurants outside Italy require dedicated concierge or hotel-based bookings during peak season.
Order the regional pasta. The kitchen's strongest expression at RPM Italian is the Lemon ricotta agnolotti, paired with a producer from the chef's training region.
The dress code: Smart casual; the dining room is photographed at every meal. The dinner spend: 120 to 200 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at RPM Italian is rated 9/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why RPM Italian Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Bill and Giuliana Rancic's River North Italian institution. The most consistently photographed Italian dining room in Chicago. Lettuce Entertain You group's Italian flagship."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Italian-American (Northern Italian lineage) register is structural; the chef lineage and the kitchen's calibration produce the dinner that rewards the booking effort.
View RPM Italian on Restaurants for Kings →
Related Reading
- Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The full editorial ranking, of which RPM Italian is #31.
- Browse all 21 Top 50 Rankings · Top 50 Anniversary Dinners · Top 50 Historic Building Restaurants
- Chicago restaurant guide. The full city directory with all occasions.
- Riccardo Trattoria. Our deep dive on the closest Italian peer in the city.
- Trattoria No. 10. Our deep dive on the closest Italian peer in the city.