"Chef Thomas Lentz created not only intricate and unforgettable meals, but he did this through a series of menus that portrayed a symphonic world filled with transporting descriptions. Sitting in the elegant dining room with Chicago’s skyline as a backdrop, one particularly memorable menu heading was “Dawn Breaking”—a poem penned on vellum paper and accompanied by a carte etched with snowflakes. Each dish was a bridge to a particular stanza. For instance, the “stillness of ice” course with fennel, oyster and iced Sturgeon caviar was a perfect celebration of winter, of the cold, of hard work and of a land far away." - MICHELIN Inspectors
