Will Chicago be Home to the Second U.S. Eataly?

Grant Achatz was recently in New York looking for a place to call home for his Chicago cocktail bar The Aviary.  To keep the culinary world spinning on its axis, Joe Bastianich went to Chicago looking for a space to expand the Eataly empire. 

It's sort of like Monopoly, would the Chicago location offer free parking??

Wylie Dufresne May Soon Have a Friend in Grant Achatz

Grant Achatz, the brain behind Alinea, Next, and The Aviary, all in Chicago, was recently in New York City scouting possible locations for an offshoot of his fancy cocktails cocktail bar.  That's "The Porthole" pictured above.

"New York has always been intriguing. I think this would be a lot of fun."

So do we.