Released on: May 28, 2008, 1:20 pm

Press Release Author: Elizabeth Berger Associates, Inc.

Industry: Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary: CHICAGO (April 2008)- Kathryn Sullivan Alvera, Mark
Sparacino, and Stefania Sparacino are proud to announce the opening of Prosecco's
outdoor café, which will open for lunch and dinner on May15th!

Press Release Body: The outdoor area, which comfortably seats 30, is modeled after
the dramatic and legendary private gardens of the palazzos of the Grand Canal in
Venice, and offers an exciting new lunch menu in addition to Prosecco's
sophisticated dinner fare.

The lunch menu, developed by Chef Mark Sparacino, will showcase items like fresh and
flavorful salads and tasty, crisp panini. Smaller portions of dinner favorites like
pastas, risottos, and meat and seafood dishes will be available as well. When the
sun goes down, Prosecco's decadent dinner menu will be presented to alfresco diners
to enjoy by candlelight after the sun goes down.

Whether you're grabbing a quick weekday-lunch-hour bite or enjoying a hearty
shopping-break lunch with friends on the weekend, Prosecco's River North location at
710 N. Wells makes it the perfect spot to enjoy a fresh lunch and engage in
Chicago's favorite warm-weather activity: people watching!

For inclement weather or diners who want to grab a bite inside Prosecco's
Venetian-style dining rooms, the lunch menu will be available inside as well,
beginning May 15th.

Prosecco is a sophisticated, yet welcoming, restaurant featuring upscale comfort
food from all 20 regions of Italy by Executive Chef/Managing Partner Mark Sparacino.
Prosecco also features the largest selection of Italian sparkling wines in Chicago.
Prosecco, a grape, a wine and a DOC wine region hails from the Veneto region of
Italy, where the aforementioned city of Venice reigns supreme as the capital. Much
of the interior of Prosecco borrows from the faded beauty of "La Serenissima:" as
Venice has often been called.


Web Site: http://

Contact Details: Prosecco is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Wednesday from
11 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday until 11:00 p.m. The bar will be
open until midnight on a nightly basis. Reservations are recommended by calling
312.951.9500.

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