Francesca’s Al Forno – CLOSED

Address
1576 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60622
773-770-0184
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Hours
CLOSED

Miscellaneous
WiFi: none
Electrical Outlets: none

Unraveling the mysteries of the Universe isn’t profitable.  Unless we use our scientific powers for evil, dinner consists of things like ramen or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Sometimes though, we just need to celebrate and bask in the joy of food.  A party at Fancesca’s Al Forno would be a great request for you to make of your friends, The Sated Computer Scientists!  By the way, if you don’t already have a friend who’s a computer scientist… get one.

Franchesca’s Al Forno is a terrible study location, but it is also a bastion of vice; flowing alcohol, large-portioned expensive food, loud music, and waitstaff who treat you like you’re important.  My friend pulled out all the stops and ordered things like Linguini and Clams, Mussels, Fried Polenta, Classic Pizza, and a Goat Cheese and Beet Salad.  The food was AMAZING!  I wish I could remark on the more specific flavors involved in these dishes, but the best way to explain it is that they all tasted the way I expected except kicked up a few notches.  Worth mentioning is the spicy tomato dipping sauce accompanying the friend polenta – it was fantastic!

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With such an energized atmosphere comes loud and lively music.  Music emanates from speakers, meanders through the air past people and objects, and strikes our ears.  But air isn’t necessary for sound to travel.  In fact, sound travels much better in a dense material like water or stone.  It is a vibration that passes from one particle to another, until reaching an object that can’t be vibrated as easily.  In space, particles are separated by relatively huge distances preventing them from interacting at all, so sound is unlikely to travel.  In other words, you wouldn’t hear a Tie Fighter from Star Wars passing by.  However, sound would travel in a nebula, a planet, a comet, an asteroid, an atmosphere, and even the accretion disk of a black hole!