"More than any other city," Eater's critic Ryan Sutton wrote recently, "Chicago is the heart of America's experimental dining movement." And at EL Ideas — that's EL as in the city's elevated public transportation system, not the Spanish word you might assume — chef Phillip Foss "produces intelligent, whimsically modernist food." Here, watch a dinner at the progressive restaurant in under one minute.
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Roe
Tapioca, soy, carrotHalibut
Matsutake, green strawberry, oxalis
Squid
Pear, caper, beet, nasturtium
Razor clam
Ham, pink tangelo, asparagus
French fries and ice cream
Potato, leek, vanilla
Sweetbreads
Squash, black garlic
Oyster
Duck, smoke, tosaka
Allium
Veal Tenderloin
Watercress, wild blackberry, salsify
Venison
Lentils, kombu, green garlic
Foie gras
Jicama, cascabel, pepito
Take Five
Caramel, peanut, chocolate
Lardo
Olive, radish, egg
