Alinea
Chicago
| Address: | 1723 N. Halsted |
| Website: | www.alinea-restaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-867-0110 |
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| Overall rating: |  |
| Average Price p.p.: | $150-$1,000 |
| Cuisine: | American, Vegetarian, Contemporary |
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Alinea chef/owner Grant Achatz is a culinary wunderkind and is pushing the envelope with food ingredients and presentation -- think truffle-juice ravioli with melted leek and bison with multiple preparations of Iranian pistachios. Chef Achatz's 24-course tasting menu (which takes 5 hours to complete) has quickly become legendary
Charlie Trotter's
Chicago
| Address: | 816 W. Armitage |
| Website: | www.charlietrotters.com |
| Telephone: | +1 773-248-6228 |
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| Overall rating: |  |
| Average Price p.p.: | $41-100 |
| Cuisine: | American, Contemporary |
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Many will argue that Charlie Trotter's is the best restaurant in America -- while that may be debatable, Chef Trotter certainly put Chicago on the fine dining map with his painstakingly complex food creations that often use dozens of ingredients
Custom House
Chicago
| Address: | 500 S. Dearborn |
| Website: | www.customhouse.cc |
| Telephone: | +1 312-523-0200 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $40-60 |
| Cuisine: | American, Contemporary |
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James Beard award winning chef Shawn McClain does a complete 180 from his vegetarian venture and fills the Custom House menu with meat dishes
Everest
Chicago
| Address: | 440 S. Lasalle |
| Website: | www.everestrestaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-663-8920 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $60-80 |
| Cuisine: | French |
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Chef Jean Joho personalized French cuisine even outshines the tremendous view at this restaurant located on the 40th floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange.
Moto
Chicago
| Address: | 945 W. Fulton Market |
| Website: | www.motorestaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-491-0058 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $41-80 |
| Cuisine: | Asian |
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When you realize that the waiters are chefs, and the phrase "molecular gastronomy" is being bantered about, you know you're in for an intense culinary experience. Your magnetic cutlery may be a clue, too.
Naha
Chicago
| Address: | 500 N. Clark St |
| Website: | www.naha-chicago.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-321-6242 |
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| Overall rating: |  |
| Average Price p.p.: | $41-80 |
| Cuisine: | American, Mediterranean |
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Chef Carrie Nahabedian delivers the goods with her creative and complex dishes that live up to her impressive resume. Naha also might be the only fine dining restaurant that offers a hamburger on its lunch menu (to be expected, it's insanely good).
Spiaggia
Chicago
| Address: | 980 N. Michigan Ave |
| Website: | www.spiaggiarestau
rant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-280-2750 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $41-80 |
| Cuisine: | Italian |
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"Four star Italian cuisine" may seem like an oxymoron in the United States, but Chef Tony Mantuano will convince you otherwise in this Magnificent Mile hotspot.
SugarToad
Chicago
| Address: | 2139 City Gate Lane |
| Website: | www.sugartoad.com |
| Telephone: | +1 630 778 8623 |
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| Average Price p.p.: | $40-$60 |
| Cuisine: | American |
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The menu, divided by land and sea, includes topnotch, surprisingly airy lump crab cakes accented with grainy mustard and rich, fall-apart Kobe short ribs with red wine sauce
Tru
Chicago
| Address: | 676 N. Saint Clair St |
| Website: | www.trurestaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 312-202-0001 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $90 |
| Cuisine: | American, Belgian, European, French, Eclectic |
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The brainchild of the married team of Chef Rick Tramonto and Pastry Chef Gale Gand, Tru was planned and designed from the ground up to be the ultimate sacred ground of fine dining. The "collections" (tasting menus), whose composition is decided on by the kitchen when you order, are a gastronomical delight
Urbanbelly
Chicago
| Address: | 3053 N. California Ave |
| Website: | www.urbanbellychicago.com |
| Telephone: | +1 773 583 0500 |
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| Overall rating: | |
| Average Price p.p.: | $10-15 |
| Cuisine: | Noodle Shop |
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Don't let the strip mall setting deter you. Step inside and you'll find one of Chicago's most talented chefs, Bill Kim. His résumé reads like a culinary tome. He's cheffed at Charlie Trotter's and New York's Bouley, for Shawn McClain and Susanna Foo.
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