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MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM 95 CONTINUED ON PAGE 96 There are few sure bets in the high-risk restaurant business, but these two things improve the odds of success: a bar with great food, and chef Fabio Viviani. The latter was, with all due respect to Stephanie Izard, the most popular Top Chef contestant ever, who, to the city's great for- tune, settled down in suburban Chicago (with a wife, much to the dismay of the hunky star's fans). In 2013 he opened Siena Tavern with Chicago-based hospitality gurus Lucas Stoioff and David Rekhson of DineAmic Group, whose hits include Public House and Prime & Provisions. Now Viviani is expand- ing with an odds-on spin-off: Bar Siena. The perpetually thronged, 8,000 -square-foot Randolph Street newcomer is, in many ways, the The fontina and wild mushroom pizza showcases Bar Siena's signature crust—perfectly puffy around the edges— at its earthy best. PHOTOGRAPHY BY NEIL BURGER BACK TO SIENA STAR CHEF FABIO VIVIANI FOLLOWS UP HIS RIVER NORTH HIT SIENA TAVERN WITH ANOTHER DELECTABLE ITALIAN DESTINATION. BY ELAINE GLUSAC TASTE