At Gibsons Italia, a Famed Chicago Steakhouse Adds Pasta to the Mix

It's going beyond the steak-and-martini mentality.

The Lombardo family (from left: Michael Lombardo, Liz Lombardo Stark, and Steve Lombardo) at their newest restaurant, Gibsons Italia. Gibsons Steakhouse is Chicago’s top-grossing independent restaurant.  

Photographer: Lucy Hewett/Bloomberg

Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Chicago has been renowned for the quality of its USDA prime beef and the perfection of its ice-cold martinis since it opened its doors on Rush Street in 1989.

Last year, Gibsons Restaurant Group, which has a total of nine concepts in 14 different locations, dished out 500,000 pounds of its Angus beef: It is the only restaurant group in the country to have its own USDA certification. (Beyond three Gibson steakhouses, the group also owns Lux Bar, Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House, and Quartino Ristorante and it helped introduce the Polo Bar in New York and RL Bar & Grill in Chicago.)