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A potluck kind of year
![If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing." Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-01/73864214-02140552.jpg "If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing.\" Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.")
If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...Tags: Rick Bayless, Blackbird, Alinea, Chris Jones, Beverly Kim
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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.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-08/64215393-24175102.jpg "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.")
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: Restaurants, Foods and Beverages, Mangos, Coconut, Alinea
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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: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Boka, Sixteen, Tru, Alinea
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Stargazing: Phil Vettel handicaps Michelin-star winners
As the second Michelin Guide for Chicago prepares to hit bookstores next week, one thing is for sure: There will be change.
There has to be. Among the 23 restaurants that received one or more stars, Sixteen (one star) saw chef Frank Brunacci depart,...Tags: Travel, Blackbird, Alinea, Les Nomades, Spiaggia
Jan 3, 2013
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Aug 25, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 20, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Nov 10, 2011
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