Roger Federer, left, watches Spiaggia’s chef Joe Flamm cut tomatoes for a pasta dish during a visit to Spiaggia while promoting Barilla pasta, days before playing in the Laver Cup in 2018.
Chef Joe Flamm, of Spiaggia, makes a quick pasta for Roger Federer and Mikaela Shiffrin’s visit, while promoting Barilla pasta, days before the Laver Cup in 2018.
The guinea hen at Spiaggia 2014.
The dining room at Spiaggia in 2014.
President-elect Barack Obama and Michele Obama leave Spaggia after dinner on Nov. 8, 2008.
The pork shoulder at Cafe Spiaggia on Aug. 24, 2015.
Tony Mantuano, the chef at Spiaggia in 2004, was considered the best Italian restaurant in Chicago and one of the city’s best restaurants overall. In 2004, it celebrated its 20th anniversary, largely due to Tony’s masterful hand and vision.
The foie-gras ravioli at Spiaggia in 2014.
The wagyu steak at Spiaggia in 2014.
The dolcini platter at Spiaggia in 2014. The platter contains molded white chocolate, molded dark chocolate, entremet, florentine, arancini, granita, semifreddo, white macaron, pate a fruit, hibiscus truffle, pavlova, tiramisu and salumi.
Chef Sarah Grueneberg during the finale for episode 917 of “Top Chef.”
The roasted scallop at Spiaggia in 2014..
Chef Paul Bartolotta puts the finishing touches on a pasta dish in the kitchen at Spiaggia on Sept. 16, 1999.
The cuttlefish eggs with Osetra caviar at Spiaggia in 2006.
Chef Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia prepares his recipe for Bolognese sauce. Mantuano stresses the importance of quality ingredients.
A chef at Spaiggia prepares a dish in 2000.
A serving of simulated foie gras, or perhaps “faux” gras, at Spiaggia in 2006.
The place setting at Spiaggia in 2016.
Wood-roasted guinea hen with ligurian black olives, tomatoes, fennel, baby artichokes and fingerling potatoes at Spiaggia on Sept. 16, 1999.
