L.2O: Is This ‘Chicago’s Best New Restaurant Since The Opening Of Alinea"?

What could be more auspicious than opening a fabulous new restaurant on the day that the foie gras ban got repealed? This is how L.2O was welcomed into the world, and based on the reactions of Mike Nagrant at Hungry (who supplied that quote and also, magnanimously, the menu) and Judy Hevrdejs at the Tribune, L2O is already in the pantheon of Chicago’s top restaurants. And with dishes that have descriptions like “lamb tartar, ebi shrimp, pickled peach, tarragon” and “gold egg yolk, kampachi, Kurobuta pork, sake” and “shabu-shabu medai, kombu bouillon, citrus, King Trumpet,” this is not hard to believe.

The ball of Ossetra caviar you can’t help but stare at is sitting on a bed of fluke; while this exact preparation is not on tonight’s menu, you can get something similar in the $110-$140 range. A twelve course tasting menu is $165, and a four course prix-fixe is $110. Eh, we’ve seen worse. The photo is from the restaurant’s official flickr pool, which is hot. When LEYE wants to do something, they really do it.

Anyway, we’re excited.

First Sip: L2O [Hungry]
First Bite: L2O [Tribune]

L.2O [MenuPages]
L.2O [Official Site]

[Photo: Ossetra caviar on fluke at L.2O, LGras/flickr]

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L.2O: Is This ‘Chicago’s Best New Restaurant Since The Opening Of Alinea"?