Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
I got lucky with French Laundry. I was in a bar in Chicago and struck up a conversation with the guy sitting next to me. Turned out he worked there, and when I was in the area a couple months later he helped me get a table. Even sent us a bottle of Champagne!
Good god, talk about winning the lottery.
Definitely seems like that area could be ripe for at least one more very high end place from some celebrity chef.