Avenues

Significant sequels

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In the last six months, three highly regarded restaurant chef/operators — Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat, Graham Elliot of his eponymous restaurant, and David Flom and Matt Moore of Chicago Cut Steakhouse — have opened sequel restaurants,...

Eateries to center on Wilmette

2013-03-28 13:40:00

Mitchell Dulin ambled through his new Wilmette restaurant, The Avenue, still under construction and coated in a layer of dust, and saw things not yet in existence. There was the walnut bar with the black tufting, the 7-foot-tall Tuscan wine press, the...

Orlando Sentinel restaurant review: Blu on the Avenue in Winter Park

2013-03-24 00:00:00

Blu on the Avenue has replaced Spice Modern Steakhouse on Winter Park's Park Avenue. The concept is from the people who operate neighboring 310 Park South and 310 Lakeside in downtown Orlando. Spice's dark interior has been renovated into a room...

Tickets now available for Pa. Chefs' Walk

2013-03-19 13:30:00

The Cumberland Valley School of Music presents the fifth annual Neighborhood Chefs' Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1. The event takes place along Alexander Avenue between Carlton and Pennsylvania Avenues. Six chefs from Chambersburg will combine...

Phil Vettel: Four stars for Grace

2013-02-07 00:00:00

Given chef Curtis Duffy's curriculum vitae — his work at Alinea, the two Michelin stars awarded to Avenues restaurant on Duffy's watch — there really wasn't any question whether Grace, Duffy's first solo effort, would be good. Just how good....

Art Donation, Stalwarts Depart To Close 2012

2012-12-19 15:36:01

A few things to wrap up before the ball comes down on 2012: • The late Hartford artist Richard Welling drew buildings and cities; and visually chronicled the postwar changes in Hartford and, to some degree, New Haven and New York City. He died in...

2012 bar and restaurant review: Highs, lows and delicious trends

2012-12-19 00:00:00

When it comes to adventures in dining and drinking, Chicago definitely delivered this year. Hot chefs expanded their empires with new restaurants. New words made their way into our nightlife vocabulary. And, of course, there were doughnuts. And pie. And...

Review: Grace

2012-12-20 00:00:00

Review: Grace 652 W. Randolph St. 312-234-9494 Rating:�!!! 1/2 (out of 4) Heating up Some chefs spend their careers working in the upper echelon of fine-dining restaurants, only to throw their hands up and open a burger joint. Curtis Duffy is not one of...

Acid trip

2012-08-02 00:00:00

Graham Elliot is hot. The much-decorated chef owns three Chicago restaurants and will be inducted into the Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame in two weeks. He shares screen time with Joe Bastianich and Gordon Ramsay judging "MasterChef" (just renewed for a...

Charlie Trotter's pressure cooker

2012-08-29 03:00:00

Everyone knows Charlie Trotter as the chef of Charlie Trotter's. It's his name, his restaurant, and he's the boss. But that title “chef” has many meanings, and Trotter has embodied just about all of them during his 25 years at Charlie Trotter'...

Scaling the heights

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes. These are uncertain times for four-star dining in Chicago. Since last September, four previous top-rated restaurants have closed up shop...

Charlie Trotter preaches excellence to the extreme

2012-08-28 03:00:00

Graham Elliot was an aspiring young cook in the late '90s carrying steaks to a party of 20 in the Charlie Trotter's Studio Kitchen when the restaurant's brilliant, mercurial owner stopped him in the hallway and grabbed one of the pieces of meat. "He...

Beauty and form: Grace chef and co-owner Curtis Duffy previously worked at Alinea, and at Avenues, where he earned two Michelin stars.

2013-02-06 16:30:01

General Manager/Partner Michael Muser, center, and Chef Curtis Duffy, right, give a tour of the kitchen to Cliff Colnot, a regular patron since Duffy's days in Avenues, during opening night at Grace restaurant, December 11, 2012.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas) and pastry chef Patrick Fahy (Blackbird, Cafe des Architectes). The result is dining bliss, ably abetted by flawless service and sommelier Nathan Cowan's imaginative beverage pairings. Yes, the price tag is as eye-popping as its magnificent view.

2013-01-16 13:47:40