Best Casual Restaurants in Little Italy / University Village

Our meal at Girl & the Goat was wonderful! The service was friendly and helpful. He knew the menu and ensured our experience delicious. We began our dinner with the naan. The dips served alongside were excellent. Next we enjoyed the chickpea fritters that we crisp with creamy inside, accented by pomegranate. We definitely wanted to try the goat empanadas, and were glad that we did. Our next course that we enjoyed were the wood-fired mussels. The broth was delicious. We ended with the roasted pig face. Our server enticed us with dessert. We finished our meal with the apple hand pie. Overall, we loved this place.

The food here is amazing!! We order the avocado dip, chorizo queso dip, salchipapas, goat empanadas, salmon ceviche, and steak saltado! Everything was delicious, food exceeded expectations. The ambience and service was great! I felt transported to somewhere warm and out of wintery chicago.

Absolutely incredible, food was amazing, service was on point, loved this place and will definitely go back!

it is loud and dark so may be hard for folks with limited vision or challenges hearing. The food was AMAZING . Everything was delicious--highly recommend the fries and the prosciutto app--the drinks were tasty --passion fruit cocktail an white wine. The staff was attentive but did not rush or hover. They were kind and accommodating. We were, however, seated at one of the tables nearest the host stand and it was COLD. Very blustery every time someone came in. We do want to come back in better weather and maybe even sit outside.

We like to sit at the bar. Service is really fast and we enjoy splitting a salad and pasta dish. The wines (reds) and cocktails (old fashioneds) are particularly good.