Francesca’s Al Forno
CLOSED, see (website)
1576 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622
773-770-0184 (Map It)
Hours:
Mon-Wed, 11a-10p
Thu-Fri, 11a-11p
Sat, 9a-11p
Sun, 9a-10p
Electrical Outlets:
None
WiFi:
None
A little food …
Unraveling the mysteries of the Universe to improve the safety, longevity, and potential of humanity isn’t a profitable endeavor. We humbly sacrifice our earning potential for the greater benefits our research offers everyone. In short, we are poor … if this Hungry Physicist is any indication. Unless we end up using our scientific powers for evil, we can hardly afford a ramen noodle dinner. But even we, paragons of altruism, find the need to celebrate … the need to bask in the joy of food. A party at Francesca’s al Forno would be a great request for you to make of your friend, The Sated Computer Scientist! (Let’s face it, you may need to party but you still won’t be able to afford it)
Although a terrible study location, Francesca’s al Forno is a bastion of vice; flowing alcohol, large-portioned expensive food, loud music, and wait staff that treat you like you’re important! My friend, The Sated Computer Scientist, pulled out all the stops when we arrived – we ordered Linguini and Clams, Mussels, Fried Polenta, Classic Pizza, and a Goat Cheese and Beet Salad. The food was AMAZING! Pictured are the linguini and clams, and mussels. 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 you expected, except kicked up a few notches (to borrow a phrase). Worth mentioning is the spicy tomato dipping sauce accompanying the fried polenta.
A little science …
With such a lively atmosphere comes loud and lively music. The sounds of instruments emanate from speakers, meander through the air past people and objects, and strike 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 it reaches an object that can’t be vibrated as easily. In other words, you really wouldn’t hear a Tie Fighter pass by in space. Well … it’s not so much that the vacuum of space prevents sound from traveling, but that the molecular interactions occurring in space are so low, sound is unlikely to travel. Sound would move in a nebula, a planet, a comet, an asteroid, an atmosphere, an accretion disk of a black hole… all over the place in the Universe, just not so much in the spaces between these objects.