Events
Sparkling Wine Tasting Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:30-5:30 pmWant to discover an exciting bottle or two of sparkling wine to bring to Christmas dinner this year? Make reservations now for our Holiday Sparkling Wine Tasting Saturday, December 10th, 2011 – it’s sure to be another great event and a wonderful way to warm-up with friends – family and enjoy the holiday season. Call your friends and begin the celebration early at Nia from 3:30 to 5:30pm when we’ll... Read More
Chicago Reader, In the Neighborhood
Randolph Row and Fulton Market MEDITERRANEAN, SMALL PLATES, TAPAS/SPANISH | LUNCH, DINNER: SEVEN DAYS | OPEN LATE: friday & saturday till midnight, TUESDAY-thursDAY TILL 11 Antonia Asimis, daughter of a seasoned Randolph Street restaurant purveyor, might have aimed a sawed-off shotgun at the Mediterranean when planning her small plates place—the menu is all over the map. There’s even a nod to the more familiar environs of Halsted Street: flaming cheese. This unfocused... Read More
Mediterranean mix, Lights up Nia’s tapas
By: Laura Bianchi November 23, 2009 Creative tapas face off against classic entrees in today’s battle of Mediterranean cooking along West Randolph Street’s dynamic restaurant row. The verdict? Good things do come in small packages. With tapas influenced by the cuisines of Spain, France, Italy and Greece, Nia offers enough creativity to interest the foodies as well as enough familiarity to reassure the more cautious. Opened early last year for dinner and in late spring... Read More
Time out
Wait Lifting – Jump ship from recession-proof restaurants with long lines—there are spots nearby that could use a boost. By David Tamarkin It doesn’t matter how bad the economy gets: There are some restaurants that not even an alien attack could make less popular. At a time when more restaurants are shuttering than opening, that should be a good thing. And it is. But in this economy, everything is a mixed blessing: Everybody who’s packing into these mainstays is ignoring... Read More
Time out Chicago, the best things we ate and drank in 2008
Loukaniko at Nia. On second thought, the loukaniko at this global spot is awfully tender and also smacks of citrus. Maybe we’ve sussed out Mythos’s source after all….—David Tamarkin Read the rest of the article here: Read More
Chicago Sun Times, Oh, the places you will go
It is encouraging to note that the dining scene in the West Randolph Street market area has not lost its luster. While there have been openings and closings and name changes up and down the street over the years (since Marche started the ball rolling), a sense of permanence has developed — from one sixtyblue on the far west end to Blackbird (though a bit off the market area itself) on the far east end. Now comes Nia, a tidy 60-seat gem, smack on the corner of Randolph and... Read More
Time out Chicago, On the table, Nia
Nia Asimis is no stranger to Randolph Street: Her family owns Jubilee Juice and Grill (that bright orange corner spot you’ve passed so many times), and her dad has been one of Randolph’s famed food purveyors since the early ’70s. So when she opens Nia, a Mediterranean small-plates spot slated to debut at 803 W Randolph in February, she’ll be in familiar territory. Considering her roots, Asimis is predictably picky about where she acquires her food. And because she’ll... Read More
