Originally Posted by letiole

Thanks for the comments. Did you do all 24 courses?

I've ate at each Trotter's and Tru quite a few times. I generally find Tru is a bit more flash (my actual meal there a few weeks ago was pretty pedestrian), with Trotter's being more refined and also more creative on the food offerings. I thought $175 for the 24-course menu at Alinea sounds pretty reasonable in comparison to the others, especially as that table won't get turned over. If I'm reading your comments correctly, it sounds like Alinea is a bit of a combination of the two.