Interested in trying some new Italian restaurants in Chicago? You're in luck: we've found the freshest businesses to fill the bill. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food.

Pasta Passion (4647 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln Square)

Pasta Passion features an open kitchen where it makes fresh pastas and other Italian fare.

Notable menu options include pasta carbonara with bacon, egg yolk, olive oil and pepper; pasta Cubana with bacon, tomato, porcine mushroom and heavy cream; and the pasta speck with olive oil and pepper. Meat dishes include the osso buco with polenta; chicken escalope with lemon and rosemary potatoes; and steak. Here is the full menu.