Taverna On Division - Melrose Park

We had my mom's birthday party on Sunday and everything and everyone at Taverna made it a spectacular day.

Went there 2/11. My sister 's bday. Great food service. Met the owners. Very personable. Got to talking Melrose Park . Small world stories. Great server. We will be back for the Sunday dinner!! Please get N/A beer if possible...

Went on Saturday night for my sister in laws birthday. The food was excellent, and the portions abundant. Please get Heinekin 0, it's a very popular non alcohol beer. The entertainment was great! The owners and wait staff are very personable, and you can tell they have a lot of regulars. If we lived closer, we would be too. We will definitely be back because it's worth the trip from the suburbs! Thanks for a memorable evening!

One of the best Italian restaurants in Chicagoland. I know a statement like this can be overlooked as biased, jaded or just plain wrong to some. You may even say, this guy doesn 't get out much. You may be right, but all I can tell you is what I believe and speak to my experiences. For background, I grew up in Uptown Chicago, then as an adult lived in Elmwood Park, River Forest and Melrose Park. I 've been to many, many Italian restaurants all over Chicago and burbs. I also travel the country for work, so my experience is pretty substantial. Now, I 'm not claiming to be an expert, but in my experience Taverna on Division can go up against most of the Italian restaurants around. The dining rooms and bar are well done. They have a full outdoor area for summer, a covered heated area that even works in winter and the restaurant and bar. The restaurant feels premium, but not pretentious. I love that. It has a new school feel with an old school atmosphere in a good way. The service is always great, no matter who is there. At a glance it looks like they don 't have a ton of people in the front of the house at any given time, but it feels like they have more than it looks teams taking care of you (if that makes sense). The location for me is greatsince I 'm not too far, so it keeps coming up as my go to, but if you 're not close, the food makes it worth the trip and should make this a destination for anyone. I have not had a bad meal here. I have never gotten bad service and something that I never thought would make a difference in the restaurant business, they make you feel appreciated for going. Great food, great atmosphere, great staff, great owners. Turning into my go to place. Check it out if you can. For what it 's worth, I love it. Cheers!

Fun place, good food, drinks and staff. We stopped in for a drink and ended up coming back next days for brunch and breakfast.