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Twenty-three Chicago eateries earned Michelin’s hallmark stamp of culinary excellence, as the starred list was announced Tuesday.

On the one-year mark that Alinea closed its doors due to the pandemic, the three-Michelin-star restaurant will welcome patrons back to its dining room. On March 17 last year, the world-class restaurant was forced to halt dining room service after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered restaurants to do so in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. According…

A pop-up restaurant from the group behind Chicago’s most awarded restaurant became the latest to temporarily close its doors after a staffer tested positive for coronavirus. Acclaimed chef Grant Achatz announced Saturday that the Alinea in Residence rooftop pop-up was closed Friday after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. “The employee had not worked in days due to scheduling...

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Four Chicago restaurants made the Five-Diamond cut on AAA’s annual diamond-rated restaurant list, which was released Feb. 21.

According to Eater, these three Chicago restaurants are among the 38 best in the nation, and two of them have made the list three times in a row.

Famed Lincoln Park restaurant Alinea continues to rack up awards and accolades, once again garnering the title of one of the best restaurants in the U.S. by TripAdvisor.

Lincoln Park restaurant Alinea has racked up countless countless awards and accolades since it opened in 2005, and on Wednesday it nabbed another one.

The restaurant review website Zagat ranked Chicago’s top 50 restaurants based on ratings and reviews from 2014.