{"id":11373,"date":"2010-11-20T07:37:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/michelin-gives-3-stars-to-chicago-eateries\/"},"modified":"2010-11-20T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T12:37:12","slug":"michelin-gives-3-stars-to-chicago-eateries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/michelin-gives-3-stars-to-chicago-eateries\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin gives 3 stars to Chicago eateries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68.8235294118\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Chicago  scored a major culinary coup Thursday with two of its <strong>top restaurants<\/strong> awarded the highly-prized three-star Michelin rating.<\/p>\n<p>Michelin\u2019s first <strong>guide for restaurants<\/strong> in the midwestern  metropolis, which once garnered the nickname Hogtown for its  slaughterhouses, reviewed hundreds of eating spots and honored two dozen  with its star system.<\/p>\n<p>Rocketing to the top were Alinea and L2O, which joined just 91 other restaurants worldwide to earn three stars from Michelin.<br \/><span id=\"more-25236\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium  wp-image-25239\" title=\"restaurant-alinea-chicago\" src=\"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1457164714_422_Michelin-gives-3-stars-to-Chicago-eateries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alinea features modernist cuisine inspired by the \u201cmolecular  gastronomy\u201d developed at <strong>Spain\u2019s El Bulli<\/strong>, where chef Grant Achatz  trained.<\/p>\n<p>The young American chef\u2019s work is particularly impressive given his  battle to overcome tongue cancer that left him unable to taste for  months in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L20 is a modern seafood restaurant run under the direction of French  chef Laurent Gras, who worked his way through a who\u2019s who of  Michelin-starred kitchens before moving to the United States in 1997.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25240\" title=\"chicago_l2o\" src=\"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1457164715_500_Michelin-gives-3-stars-to-Chicago-eateries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"255\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Three Chicago restaurants \u2014 Avenues, Charlie Trotter\u2019s and Ria \u2014  were awarded two stars and 18 others were awarded one star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelin is showing the world what Chicago residents already know \u2014  this is one of the finest cities in the world to eat,\u201d said Jean-Luc  Naret, director of the Michelin Guides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago is the beneficiary of a truly innovative spirit among chefs,  who are willing to push culinary limits at all levels. The chefs in  Chicago are among the world\u2019s most creative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guide also singled out 46 \u201cinspector favorites for good value\u201d  restaurants where diners can get two courses and either a glass or wine  or desert for under 40 dollars. The full guide reviews 342 restaurants in all categories and 39  hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <strong>AFPrelaxnews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25237\" title=\"michelin-guide-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1457164715_351_Michelin-gives-3-stars-to-Chicago-eateries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"808\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luxuo.com\/gastronomy\/michelin-three-stars-chicago-restaurants.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago scored a major culinary coup Thursday with two of its top restaurants awarded the highly-prized three-star Michelin rating. Michelin\u2019s first guide for restaurants in the midwestern metropolis, which once garnered the nickname Hogtown for its slaughterhouses, reviewed hundreds of eating spots and honored two dozen with its star system. Rocketing to the top were Alinea and L2O, which joined just 91 other restaurants worldwide to earn three stars from Michelin. Alinea features modernist cuisine inspired by the \u201cmolecular gastronomy\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[184,176],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michelin gives 3 stars to Chicago eateries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chicago scored a major culinary coup Thursday with two of its top restaurants awarded the highly-prized three-star Michelin rating. 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