At this famously innovative restaurant, our critic finds a mix of thought-provoking experiments and empty spectacle. By Ligaya Mishan Reinvented menus, lowered prices, fire sales and the good old ...

In 2004, the chef Grant Achatz left the stellar restaurant Trio to found his own eatery in Lincoln Park, Alinea. Even before it opened the buzz was loud: Chicago, it was said, would soon have a second ...

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A luxury-lifestyle magazine recently listed nine Chicago restaurants as among the 100 Greatest American Restaurants of the 21st Century - and one of them happened to take the top spot. Alinea, a ...