Thursday, February 17, 2005

CHOW: Quite possibly, too pretentious...even for me


So there's this chef, Grant Achatz, who made a splash during his tenure with Trio - this restaurant in Evanston that, thanks to Grant, garnered all these awards from foodie mags from all over. Since he left many months ago, he's been working on the concept for a new place.

I thought all the behind-the-scenes and agonizing was a little spin-your-own-top, but from what I heard from the lucky few who got to dine at Grant's former digs, Alinea may just live up to the hype.

At least, I used to think that. Until I saw this, and realized what it was. And now I wanna shoot Grant's PR people in the neck.

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