Alinea
Prices
Average degustation: $150.
Description
Chef Grant Achatz's restaurant is a Chicago foodie icon.Gourmet has anointed it No. 1 in the country, The New Yorker chronicled Achatz's battle with cancer and countless other publications have written about Achatz's "sci-fi" cooking, as The New York Times called it. What's all the fuss? Food like you've never seen before. Sit back and enjoy the show, a well-orchestrated ride that plays with textures, temperatures and notions of "normal" cuisine, while somehow remaining grounded in season, flavor and flawless execution. The tasting menus are constantly changing but recent menu stunners include duck with chestnut, mace and orange; bison, red cabbage, eggplant and rosemary aroma; and hay with burnt sugar, coffee and huckleberry.
Hours
Dinner (Wed–Sun).