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Subdued and sedate, this hotel dining room is a destination the world over. Clothed tables cozy up to leather armchairs that beckon those with money to burn. An open kitchen allows diners to glean preparations, and a… Read More
"Up there in the pantheon of swanky yet understated hotel bars", this "grand" Gold Coast perch at the Peninsula "drips with luxury" as it invites lingering over a "nice quiet drink" (you'd "expect to see Hemingway in the corner nursing a whiskey"); cocktails are "superb", service "refined" and there are "somebodies to spot" galore, so most agree it's "pricey but worth it" for a "special" night...
The least ostentatious of the city's cutting-edge restaurants, Avenues in the Peninsula Hotel lives a double life. The contemporary black-lacquered accent walls aims to satisfy business travelers and other hotel guests, but true culinary connoisseurs come here for something else altogether. Filling the role of top toque is Curtis Duffy, who has worked with some of Chicago's best chefs,...
Tucked away on the fifth floor of the luxurious Peninsula, Avenues isn't what you’d expect from a stately, Four-Star dining institution. The menu forgoes standard hotel meat-and-potates fare in favor of brazengly avant-garde culinary poetry. Try Wagyu beef with spring ramp and roasted bone marrow, or spoon up traditional Thai soup with finger limes and Amish chicken. There's an exciting...