Fodor's Expert Review Bar Toma

Italian culinary master Tony Mantuano (of Spiaggia and Terzo Piano) has reclaimed the Water Tower tourist trap area as Chicago's landmark piazza with his neighborhood pizzeria, Bar Toma. Visitors stroll in throughout the day to snack on hand-rolled mozzarella, sip imported wines, and feast on artisanal wood-fired pizzas made with premium ingredients like house-made sausage and Calabrian chilis. If your schedule only allots for a grab-and-go bite, stop in for a quick gelato or mamaluchi (Italian doughnuts stuffed with lemon marmalade).