This review is for Tutto's bar, not their restaurant; though on the many occasions I, too, went here for dates and other various meals I thought the food was quite good, especially the bread and olive oil they give you at the beginning of your meal.
So the bar.... oooh, the bar. It's not very big - it's the first thing you hit when you walk through the front door on your way into the dining room. But it's dark at night and moody and kind of sexy. Or maybe it's just sexy because I had emboldened myself that night and everything was sexy. Anyway. There are big black booths looking out onto State Street and high, close together stools at the bar. There are strong, strong martinis to be drunk while shamelessly flirting with a guy you've had a crush on for months. There are *cherries* in certain martinis which, it turns out, are very good for slowly feeding to said crush. There are bartenders who wisely make themselves scarce during this ridiculous show of female flirtation... and know when it's time to get you that bill, STAT.
I like this bar. ;)