The room is wallpapered in caricatures of old Chicago newspaper columnists and showbiz figures, a deliberate throwback to the city's mid-century supper-club era, and the kitchen backs up the bit with Italian-American classics — the kind of dependable chicken Vesuvio and veal parm that doesn't chase trends — alongside a signature peppermint ice cream that's stayed on the menu year-round since it opened. The entertainment calendar does real work too: live jazz fills the dining room Monday nights, Dennis Watkins' Magic Parlour runs its own ticketed show downstairs, and the Booth 46 podcast records right there in the restaurant.
The happy hour at the bar (weekdays, 2-5pm and again after 8pm) is a legitimately good deal — $1 oysters, $6 drafts, $9 cocktails and wine — and same-day theater-ticket holders get 10% off their bar bill, which is about as direct a nod to its neighborhood as a restaurant can make. It's dependable rather than cutting-edge, and that's exactly the point for a pre-curtain dinner crowd that wants consistency over surprises.
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