Le Jardinier offers a kind of luxury that’s becoming rare: elegant and restrained. From the bar to the back table, the experience is curated without being stiff. It’s the kind of restaurant that respects your time while also earning it. Go for the chocolate & return for the calm.

Le Coucou is not just a restaurant. It’s where you take someone you love, or someone who loves food the way you do. And if you order the quenelle, it might just change something in you like it did for me.

Brindille is one of Chicago’s secret triumphs. It doesn’t need a spotlight to shine. It offers a deeply personal kind of elegance, but never stiff. It is what a restaurant should be: warm, precise, and human.