Is Alinea Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Chicago, IL)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, Alinea is listed open on Wikipedia, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Wikipedia's Alinea (restaurant) article, revised 2026-07-22, describes Alinea in the present tense as a Chicago restaurant co-owned by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas and reports a Michelin downgrade from three to two stars in 2025 as its current rating. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 6
- Address Chicago, IL
- Website No current website found
We have not confirmed map coordinates for this address yet.
What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Alinea appeared in the Food Network series Best Thing I Ever Ate, in the season 3 episode titled 'Appetizers,' among dishes singled out for the show's appetizer theme. The restaurant is a fine-dining establishment in Chicago, Illinois, co-owned by chef Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, and known for what Wikipedia describes as a 'maximalist modernist cooking' approach to the tasting-menu format. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-22), Alinea held three Michelin stars from 2011 through 2024 before the Michelin Guide downgraded it to two stars in 2025, a rating the source's most recent revision continued to list. We could not confirm a current street address, hours, or ordering page for the restaurant, so its street location, coordinates, and geocode source are recorded as pending rather than assumed from the Chicago listing in the original listing.
The episode
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 63 of 93 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 5Farm Cafe
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Ep 6Bartolotta
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Ep 6BLT Steak
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Ep 6Sra. Martinez
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Sources we checked
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alinea_(restaurant)
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Record btiea-0238 · checked by Cal Marchetti.