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6 comments to “Restaurants in Chicago, Illinois”
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Yay! You love Avec too! We had a bucatini alla carbonara there that we dream about every day. Luscious strands of bucatini – thicker and rounder than spaghetti – and fatty cubes of housemade guanciale.
If you go back, go north towards Lincoln Square (not Lincoln Park, but higher up, near Montrose) and try Bistro Campagne.
Response on 18 Dec 2008 at 5:10 pm by Genevieve - -
Your bar on the left hides the restaurants. Can’t see!
Response on 29 May 2009 at 11:07 am by chelsey - -
Progress report. There has been a ton of changes in the restaurant scene here in Chicago. I’m happy to report that Paul Kahan, chef/owner of Avec and Blackbird has opened two more amazing restaurants The Publican and Big Star. Do yourself a favor, go straight to publican without hesitation. It’s the most delicious meal in town. The restaurant was conceptualized on three basic culinary principles; oysters, bacon and beer. Big Star is awesome, too, but it’s more or less a really cool ass bar with a habit of good food. They call it a honky tonk taqueria. It’s across the street from The Violet Hour, one of the countries best mixology driven speakeasies, also in the family. There’s Bill Kim’s amazing artisan asian noodle shop, Urban Belly…and his one of a kind asian-latino fusion “sandwich” shop. Rick Bayless opened Xoco, his version of a sandwich shop, which features mexican street food. The Bristol is another fabulous commmunal table restaurant serving small plates of things like duck fat fries, bone marrow, ricotta raviolo and the retarded good nutter butters for dessert. Gone are the days of uber fine dining and molecular gastronomy. Now, it’s all about tasty, comforting foods without all the emphasis on quality, simplicity, and affordability, rather than superfluous presentations…or as charlie trotter would say…”nonsense upon stilts”.
Response on 13 Jan 2010 at 12:39 am by jeremy - -
p.s. I worked at charlie trotters for three years, beginning just two months after your visit in 2002. Kudos to you for figuring out the best places to go. I would say that Avec, Trotters and Trio were undoubtedly the three best restaurants in Chicago in 2002!
Response on 13 Jan 2010 at 12:42 am by jeremy - -
For the record, Alinea, Trotter’s, Blackbird, and L2O provide the best in fine dining in Chicago these days, although, they are not nearly as popular as the more casual restaurants I mentioned in my earlier post.
Response on 13 Jan 2010 at 12:46 am by jeremy - -
Alinea is a must try for anyone who appreciates food, or who consider themselves a foodie. The experience starts at the front door! But I am not going to spoil it to everyone.
Response on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:02 pm by Cristina -