Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Alinea has been consistently named one of the best restaurants in Chicago, the country, and the world. Yet, at the stroke of ten successful years, chef-owner Grant Achatz and partner Nick Kokonas ...

This isn’t the first time Alinea has moved operations to Faena. Back in 2016, when the Chicago restaurant underwent a big renovation, it served dinners in Madrid and Miami, with Faena as its South ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. As soon as Chicago destination Alinea announced it ...

Alinea has lost a Michelin star. The French guide announced that the modernist tasting menu restaurant in Chicago, by award-winning chef and owner Grant Achatz, has been demoted from three stars, the ...

Nick Kokonas, co-owner of The Alinea Group, said Monday on X he had sold his ownership of the restaurant group to an investor group led by Chicagoan Jason Weingarten. The group’s flagship restaurant, ...

“The Michelin Guide maintains its role of providing fair and qualitative recommendations to consumers, with its team of expert Inspectors, following its global methodology,” the company said in a ...

Erika Adams is the former deputy editor of Eater’s Northeast region, where she covered Boston, Philly, D.C. and New York. Based in Boston, she has spent years covering the local restaurant industry.

Alinea's 15-year run as a three-star Michelin restaurant is over. The guide downgraded Alinea, long Chicago's only restaurant with the top distinction, to two stars today. Alinea has boasted three ...