Watch a Chicago Restaurant Become Alinea for Halloween

In the grand tradition of restaurants going as other restaurants for Halloween, here's Chicago's Real Kitchen "dressed up" as Alinea. Except this version of Alinea is entirely takeout "with a weekly change-up of 45-course meals." (Don't worry, they send you home with lengthy instructions for plating.) Real Kitchen commits to the con, taking down its strip mall sign — Alinea famously has no sign — and sending up Martin Kastner's plateware designs with an intricate contraption made from a wire hanger. (See Eater's Cocktail Week interview with Kastner here.)

Other restaurants getting in the Halloween spirit this year include Minneapolis' Bachelor Farmer (which is going as Dorsia, a fictional restaurant from American Psycho) and Marvel Bar (going as the bar from the movie Cocktail, which is brave of them). Chicago's Lula Cafe is going as "House of Human," a cannibalistic dim sum parlor. Is your restaurant switching gears for the evening and getting in costume? Let us know. Below, Real Kitchen becomes Alinea.

Video: Real Kitchen as Alinea for Halloween 2013

· Real Kitchen as Alinea for Halloween 2013 [Vimeo via @nickkokonas]
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