Restaurants near Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center

La Strada has become one of our local favorites, and for good reason—it serves some of the best pasta dishes on earth. As someone raised in an Italian American family from Chicago, I can say the flavors here are authentic and unforgettable. We recently celebrated my wife’s birthday, and the lamb chops were absolutely incredible. Perfect atmosphere, amazing food, and always a memorable experience! Highly recommend. Bravo from the Venturas!

Incredible and consistent service and delicious food. The portions are perfect and the quality and value are top notch

This wonderful restaurant is our go-to before events at the Pioneer Center and we’re never disappointed. The food is delicious and the service always keeps the event schedule in mind in a subtle way.

Everything was top notch from the moment we stepped in. Our server Jeremy was excellent; so friendly, outgoing, and had great recommendations. All support staff was outstanding as well. Ok now about the food...we started with the oysters...wow! They were from B.C. and were perhaps the creamiest, most buttery oysters we've ever had. They were not large oysters, but packed full of flavor and wonderful texture. We had the crispy eggplant as a side and we were so surprised by this dish. Unexpectedly amazing. Lightly battered small chunks...fried to delicate perfection! For our main dishes, we had the crispy salmon (crispy was an understatement...perfectly moist and tender with amazing crisp skin topper) and Chef Ramsey's specialty, Beef Wellington. As expected, it was perfection...literally melt in your mouth goodness. Highly recommend, this experience was fantastic!

Our server was top notch, and the psalm was professional very knowledgeable really knew his wines ambience and the food. Excellent we were pleasantly surprised.