In ‘The Bear,’ the World’s Greatest Restaurant Resides in Chicago | Eater Chicago
"I watched how the Fulton Market restaurant co-owned by Curtis Duffy and Michael Muser became the on-screen model for the show's fictional three-Michelin-starred Ever: Duffy's hands actually plate dishes seen in Episode 7, the team closed the restaurant for a week to accommodate filming, and Ever's director of hospitality Amy Cordell appears in several scenes. The production used Ever's authentic workwear and even had Sarah Ramos stage at the restaurant; some dishes are lifted from Ever's menu (an Oscietra Grand Reserve caviar with honeydew melon and hazelnut appears as an amuse-bouche), and Duffy collaborated with culinary director Courtney “Coco” Storer on plating. I learned that Duffy sorted through seven or eight mushroom options before the show settled on crimini for Olivia Colman's peel-the-mushrooms scene, and that, in reality, Ever does not use branded tablet reservation software and only rarely sends rideshares to pick up customers — details the show embellished for drama. Muser and Duffy also seemed a bit disgruntled to be represented as a three-star when they have two Michelin stars." - Ashok Selvam
