One of Chicago's 2007 AAA Five Diamond - Rated Restaurants
Chef Grant Achatz's Alinea is a place no serious foodie should miss. Like Homaro Cantu at Moto, Achatz wants to revolutionize the way we eat, and he does this by presenting familiar foods in new contexts and unexpected forms. While the menu changes constantly, examples of Achatz's wizardry include French onion soup that arrives encapsulated inside a shell of pulverized onions (you have to break the shell to get to the steamy soup inside) is just the beginning to  your journey to food heaven...