42 Grams
American restaurant · Uptown
4662 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Highlights
High-end BYO eatery with New American tasting menus served at a communal table & a chef's counter.
High-end BYO eatery with New American tasting menus served at a communal table & a chef's counter.
"At the 2019 awards, she wore a jacket spray-painted in protest after 42 Grams chef and co-owner Jake Bickelhaupt — who had won the 2015 Banchet Rising Chef of the Year award — pled guilty to battery after attacking his ex-wife, who also co-owned the restaurant." - Leigh Giangreco
"42 Grams, a documentary about the restaurant, captured Bickelhaupt’s quest for recognition, including an emotional phone call when Michelin inspectors told him 42 Grams would make their list." - Ashok Selvam
"42 Grams, a Michelin-starred restaurant, closed in 2017 in Uptown after Bickelhaupt attacked his business partner." - Ashok Selvam
"Fans of fine dining were caught off guard when two-Michelin-starred 42 Grams unexpectedly closed. Neither chef/co-owner Jacob Bickelhaupt or co-owner/GM Alexa Welsh shared a clear reason for closing their Uptown restaurant in June 2017." - Ashok Selvam
"It’s been nearly a year since highly acclaimed Chicago restaurant 42 Grams suddenly and unexpectedly closed, leaving diners, the media, and industry insiders wondering what happened. According to co-owner Alexa Welsh and court documents obtained by Eater Chicago, the restaurant shuttered after she was attacked by her ex-husband, 42 Grams chef and co-owner Jake Bickelhaupt." - Ashok Selvam
