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The Charlie Trotter launch pad
Charlie Trotter was kidding when he cracked, "I thought it was a law in Chicago that you couldn't open a restaurant without working here first," but the truth is that one could assemble a formidable culinary all-star team consisting solely of chefs who...Tags: Next (restaurant), Graham Elliot, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Charlie Trotter
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From Paris to sizzling Bangkok
Next, the shape-shifting restaurant by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas (the principals at world-famous Alinea), dazzled diners with its inaugural "Paris 1906" menu. For an encore, the kitchen went about as far afield as possible. To Bangkok, in fact.
"We...Tags: Anchovies, Human Interest, Foods and Beverages, Grant Achatz, WGN
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Why the Next review differs
Next is, without doubt, a unique restaurant. And it requires, for better and for worse, a unique approach to review.
Because Next changes its concept every 13 weeks or so (exception: the El Bulli menu, which launched two weeks ago, continues through May)...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Quiet time precious for globe-trotting chef, TV host
To television viewers, Andrew Zimmern of "Bizarre Foods" is known as that guy who'll eat anything. And he'd like Americans to give it a shot too. "Open up and expand your horizons, people!" said the James Beard Award-winning chef and author. "I am...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Central Park, Entertainment, Services and Shopping, Rentals
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Graham Elliot restaurant names Andrew Brochu as new chef
Tribune reporterAndrew Brochu is the new chef at Graham Elliot’s flagship restaurant. Brochu’s hiring, which will be announced to staff this afternoon at the Gallery District restaurant, is the clearest sign yet Elliot is eschewing the playful, cheeky...Tags: EL Ideas, Beef Stroganoff, Entertainment, Graham Elliot, Kevin Pang
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No complaints about nitropubs
RedEyeThe first time I had steak tartare was at Maude's Liquor Bar. Hardly a late bloomer when it comes to the wonder of raw beef and runny egg -- I was only 24. But if it hadn't been for the drinks, the crushing crowd at the bar, the desperate rush for late...Tags: Spiaggia, Graham Elliot, Gilt Bar, Chicago Tribune, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Kellogg-Achatz mystery solved; recipes legit, agreement expired
Tribune criticWe know more about the minor flap that ensued when a couple of recipes attributed to Alinea chef Grant Achatz (one was credited to a chef Grant Actatz) surfaced on a Kellogg-owned website. The recipes, which called for the use of Keebler Town House...Tags: Kellogg Company, Grant Achatz
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Alinea No. 7 on 2012 World's 50 Best Restaurants list
Tribune criticTo the extent that being named one of the 10 best restaurants in the world can possibly be disappointing, Monday's announcement that Alinea was number seven on the list was a bit of a letdown. Alinea, you see, was number six on the 2011 list, having...Tags: Human Interest, Chicago Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Alinea named World's Top Restaurant
Tribune criticAlinea (1723 N. Halsted St., 312-867-0110) has just been named the World's Top Restaurant by Elite Traveler magazine. Like this place wasn't tough enough to get into before. In a clear attempt to upstage Restaurant Magazine's annual "World's 50 Best...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals, Copenhagen (Denmark)
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New Top 100 restaurants list includes Charleston and Volt
The Baltimore SunTwo Maryland restaurants — Cindy Wolf's Charleston in Baltimore and Briand Voltaggio's Volt in Frederick — are on a newly published list of the Top 100 Restaurants in America. The fifth annual Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2012 were...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Charleston, Volt, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Chicago ties NYC for most AAA Five-Diamond restaurants
Tribune criticThe AAA Five- and Four-Diamond Awards for restaurants and hotels were announced this morning, and Chicago wound up tied with New York with the most five-diamond restaurants in North America. All of Chicago's Five-Diamond restaurants or hotels were repeat...Tags: Spiaggia, Sixteen, Topolobampo, Chicago Hotels, O'Hare International Airport
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City health inspections tough even for toniest of restaurants
Close watchers of Chicago's food scene may have been surprised to learn that Alinea — one of the most highly regarded restaurants in the city and the world — failed its routine health inspection a month ago.
But what may seem like a big...Tags: Blackbird, Kevin Pang, Grant Achatz, Charlie Trotter's, Restaurant and Catering Industry
Sep 8, 2011
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Aug 25, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 22, 2012
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Dec 27, 2011
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Jan 18, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2012
|Story| RedEye
May 18, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 30, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012
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Mar 12, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 20, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 30, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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