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“Great Italian Food”
Review of Clara's

Clara's
Ranked #1 of 65 Restaurants in Woodridge
Price range: S$11 - S$40
Cuisines: Italian, Seafood, Steakhouse
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Good for: Child-friendly
Dining options: Private Dining, Reservations
Description: Since 1987, our family has enjoyed serving your family our fresh homemade pasta and sauces, fresh seafood, and traditional desserts. Located in the Chicago suburb of Woodridge, Il, our free-standing restaurant offers a full bar with an extensive wine list as well as private rooms for banquets and off-premise catering.
Reviewed 20 May 2017 via mobile

Great Italian food! All pasta and sauces are homemade. The Limoncello Mascarpone cake is to die for.

Date of visit: May 2017
Thank FloridaHop
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Dawn M, Owner at Clara's, responded to this reviewResponded 12 June 2017

FloridaHop,

Thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you back in soon.

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Reviewed 19 May 2017

With their extended menu, you should be able to find something to please everyone's palette, including Gluten Free Dishes. From huge salads, over-flowing pasta plates to very tender chicken parm and tasty salmon dishes, no one was disappointed with their meals.
A nice little fact- we were offered/told to take the bread from the bread basket, as they throw out any leftovers from each table and don't reserve it, something more restaurants should do.

Date of visit: May 2017
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Thank 2016maryG
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Dawn M, Owner at Clara's, responded to this reviewResponded 12 June 2017

2016maryG,

Thank you for your recent visit and kind review. We hope to see you back in soon!

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Reviewed 1 May 2017 via mobile

This is my favorite restaurant. I haven't had anything bad yet. This time I had the salmon and it was delicious! They relocated to a new building within the past 4 years and it is really nice and much better.

Date of visit: May 2017
Thank Denise K
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Dawn M, Owner at Clara's, responded to this reviewResponded 3 May 2017

Denise,

Thank you for your kind words and for being a long time customer! We hope to see you back in soon.

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Reviewed 25 April 2017 via mobile

We had not been to the new location and decided to try it again. We found the location to be very nice with lots of room. We were seated quickly.

The menu has nice options and a full bar. I found the food menu to be economical but the bar menu was overpriced.

Our server was pleasant and knew his menu. To me, the food was lacking. Too much cheese and too little flavor. To me, the best thing on the menu was the pizza. It had a fresh taste for sure. We won't hurry back.

Date of visit: April 2017
Thank Batholemew
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Dawn M, Owner at Clara's, responded to this reviewResponded 27 April 2017

Batholemew,

Thank you for your feedback and recent visit. We are disappointed to hear we didn't quite strike a cord and hope you will be back to give us another try!

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Reviewed 11 April 2017

If you are visiting Chicago and can take the time venture out to the Western Suburbs to this family-owned gem, do so! I did and, Man, was it worth it. For those of us who were around in the 1970s and remember Mama Celeste Pizza commercials, Clara's was founded by Mama Celeste's daughter (yes, she was a real person, and not an actress; I have it on good authority). The restaurant has been around more than 30 years and its two greatest features are it's unbelievably light and flavorful fresh-made pastas and its make your own pizza bar (a great kids' party idea on Sundays)! All of the old world Italian culinary expertise is still lovingly upheld by Rudy, son of Clara, grandson of Mama Celeste, who has retained his mother's employees all this time. Among them, Sylvia who makes all the pasta fresh, and Carlos. When I was there I had the shrimp and pasta. The shrimp was perfectly cooked and remained tender (over-cooked shrimp can get tough), and the pasta with the light butter sauce was just as good as a take-home left-over the next day! And the desserts are to die for. Just give up the diet and go for it. The nine-year old who was with us summed it up best, "This restaurant deserves 10 stars!" (no hyperbole intended).

Date of visit: April 2017
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Dawn M, Owner at Clara's, responded to this reviewResponded 27 April 2017

Roz H,

Wow, we are blown away by this review! Thank you for taking the time out to let us know how much you enjoyed your visit with us. We hope the next time you are in the Chicago area you are able to stop in and see us again!

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