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Acadia previously was not listed.Īcadia ( 1639 S.

Listed restaurants are rated from one to four stars, where one is good, two is very good, three is excellent, and four is superlative. “I told my staff, ‘Let’s have a glass of Champagne,’” McCaskey says, “‘but now it’s about getting two.’” Coincidentally, Chicago magazine’s December issue, on newsstands tomorrow, contains a new review of Acadia. Sixteen earned one star in 2011, but did not make the guide in 2012 because of a pending chef change.Īcadia’s chef/owner, Ryan McCaskey, got the call from Michelin yesterday, receiving one star. Graham Elliot and L2O, each previously one-star awardees, were promoted to two stars.įour of 2012’s one-star restaurants do not appear: Bonsoirée and Seasons, which closed, and Courtright’s and Vie (demoted).įour restaurants are new to the one-star list: Acadia, Goosefoot, Mexique, and Sixteen.Michelin released its 2013 guide to Chicago yesterday, which brought these star changes: All right, now what if the Billy Goat and the Purple Pig had a restaurant baby. Chen’s will remain open through the construction. “The Chinese use the same equipment.” The new barbecue restaurant will encompass what is now Chen’s and also serve the current Chen’s menu. “Most people think just Japanese barbecue,” Zhou says.

The chef/owner of Chen’s, Bing Zhou, created the Asian recipes, some of which will be prepared on a robata grill. Kinzie St., 77), incidentally, opens today-says the pit master and MasterChef contestant Tony Scruggs will run a Southern Pride smoker for the American ’cue. Sam Sanchez-whose latest John Barleycorn (149 W. That’s probably a pretty accurate picture of the unnamed project planned for next summer at 3506 North Clark Street, a Chinese, Korean, and American barbecue joint with 6,000 square feet indoors and 5,000 outdoors under a retractable roof. Imagine what it would look like if the Wrigleyville standbys Chen’s and John Barleycorn had a barbecue restaurant baby.