The menu is an extensive list of comfort foods created for Petterino's. In addition to its regular menu, the restaurant offers pre-theater and after-work specials, as well as power lunches for the downtown business community. Celebrating the glamour and excitement of past decades, Petterino's offers Chicagoans a glimpse from the 1940s. The restaurant is the namesake of Arturo Petterino, a long time maitre d' of Chicago's infamous Pump Room.