Charlie Trotter's

Charlie Trotter's restaurant in Chicago, which opened in 1987, was named as the 30th-best restaurant in the world


Charlie Trotter's restaurant in Chicago, which opened in 1987, was named as the 30th-best restaurant in the world, and 5th-best in the USA in 2007 by the well-respected "Restaurant Magazine". It has received awards and praise from other publications and travel guides. Trotter owns Trotter's To Go, a high-end delicatessen and catering store in Lincoln Park, Chicago. In 2006 he opened Trotter's To Go Express, a simplified delicatessen located in Chicago's downtown Equinox Fitness Club selling fast food to carry away. In February 2004, C, a seafood restaurant, opened in Los Cabos, Mexico under the direction of Charlie Trotter. Trotter announced in 2006 that he would open a new restaurant, as yet unnamed, in the new Elysian tower near Michigan Avenue in Chicago to open in late 2008. Trotter is scheduled to open a seafood restaurant at the Palazzo casino in Las Vegas. The hotel is scheduled to open in December 2007.
Behind the stove:
Owner and Chef Charlie Trotter and Chef de Cuisine, Matthias Merges
Always on the menu:
The menu is seasonal and constantly changes
Random fact:
When Trotter left college he worked at 40 restaurants over four years, learning all he could about food
Wine list: $22 - $12,000 (£11 - £5,994)
Menu: The $125 Vegetable Menu to the Grand Menu at $145
816 West Armitage Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
+1 773 248 6228
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