Alinea

Where: Chicago · Chicago, IL, USA

Category: restaurant · Price: $$$$ · Rating: 4.6/5 (2963 reviews)

About Alinea

The kind of place where dinner feels more like a controlled hallucination than a meal. Courses arrive as balloons, as edible centerpieces painted directly on the table, as aromas trapped under pillows of silicone. Grant Achatz's kitchen treats food like a medium, not just sustenance, and the price tag reflects that ambition — this is a several-hundred-dollar commitment before wine. Worth it if you surrender to the weirdness completely. Book months ahead and bring someone who won't spend the whole night photographing each course.

Chef Grant Achatz draws foodies with New American tasting menus featuring highly creative plates.

Tags: group, reservable, takeout, splurge

Website: http://www.alinearestaurant.com/

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