Will Tracy and Seth Reiss[‘s] time in Chicago helped inspire their view of fine dining, and several experiences they had in and around Chicago are actually reflected in The Menu.
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How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining
A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.
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The Next level of vegan
Next’s Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
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Waiting for culinary nirvana at Grace
Grace’s food weakens the knees, but Curtis Duffy’s long-awaited restaurant isn’t all the way there yet.
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Modernist dining and daring cocktails at Andersonville’s Premise
Modernist dining and daring cocktails at Andersonville’s Premise
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Acadia: getting it right on the near south side
Courtright’s vet and fine-dining journeyman Ryan McCaskey gets it right on the near south side
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This week in Food & Drink: In honor of our 40th, a chefs’ tree revisited, a shout-out to 16 ageless Chicago restaurants
In Food & Drink for the Reader’s 40th-anniversary issue: a chefs’ family tree revisited after five years, 16 longtime restaurants still alive and kicking
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MorSo: from food truck to fine dining
Gaztro-Wagon’s Matt Maroni goes from streetside to antelope carpaccio at MorSo
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NoMI goes casual
Michelin-starred NoMi gets a more casual redo that plays it safe but executes expertly.
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A Chefs’ Family Tree
A handful of fine-dining institutions from the 70s, 80s, and 90s have served as major incubators of culinary talent–in fact many local hotshots have worked at several. More than that, though, these places are a testament to how long fine dining has been part of the fabric of the city. They’ve all won major awards and share a devotion to innovation, detail, and customer service (and they all charge accordingly). What follows is a selective map of influence.