Chicago Prime Italian

Chicago Prime Italian is an Italian steakhouse at 700 North Meacham Road in Schaumburg, a short drive from the Now Arena, the convention center and Woodfield. The dinner menu opens with USDA Prime steaks from Creekstone Farms, available Oscar style with jumbo lump crab and asparagus, and continues through chicken and veal, seafood, pasta and Italian desserts. A happy hour menu runs at the bar, and private dining rooms and catering handle parties. Owner Andy-John Kalkounos has been a guest on The Tony Ocean Show and Harper College’s Harper Talks, and the restaurant’s press page notes a 2021 visit from actor Terrence Howard and placements on local best-restaurant lists.

What to know

• USDA Prime steaks from Creekstone Farms, offered Oscar style with jumbo lump crab.
• Owner Andy-John Kalkounos has appeared on The Tony Ocean Show and Harper Talks.
• Actor Terrence Howard dined at the restaurant in July 2021, per the restaurant’s press page.
• Private dining and catering are available; happy hour menu at the bar.
• A short drive from the Now Arena, the Schaumburg Convention Center and Woodfield Mall.