"The Group, the New York hospitality company, has opened a pair of restaurants in Downtown Chicago, including La Grande Boucherie, a two-level French spot with an absinthe bar in the former Ruth’s Chris space in River North. Owners poured significant resources into gutting the building to install a grandiose ground floor and mezzanine with curved vaulted ceilings, as well as a $1.5 million scrollwork-gilded stone facade. The menu touches on all the brasserie hits, as well as a raw bar and hefty, meaty cuts like a chateaubriand for two." - Ashok Selvam, Naomi Waxman
Brent Herrig/Boucherie
