Comments on: L20 (Chicago, IL) – Striving

By: Doc

Doc — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:20:28 +0000

I just ate at L2O on Monday of this week. I’m sad to say, they still have not figured out how to cook halibut. It was completely overcooked. The salmon was better, but still not “perfect” The halibut… was awful.

Upsides: salt cod dish was very nice. The fluke starter was excellent. The wait service left much to be desired. Sad really. This restaurant could be much more, but it just misses on a few things. I’m surprised with so many instances of the same overcooked salmon/halibut, they haven’t either hired a new grill cook, or skipped the grilled option altogether.

By: mountsac

mountsac — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:42:22 +0000

another good seafood-based restaurant in chicago is “spring.” it’s not a michelin-level gastronomy place. but the level of cooking is quite high.

By: glenn

glenn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:43:32 +0000

What do you think about any of the incarnations of Oceana (Moonen, Gallagher, Pollinger)?

By: L2O « Gastros on Tour

L2O « Gastros on Tour — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:36:53 +0000

[...] day before at Alinea. But i was not really worried. From what i had read on a few blogs (U.E. and Chuck), i was convinced that L2O could provide a lot of pleasure too and be maybe the best surprise of [...]

By: chuckeats

chuckeats — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:18:49 +0000

Soon Luxeat soon

By: Luxeat

Luxeat — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:37:23 +0000

The tuna dish looks exquisite, too bad the quality of fish was not good…

P.S. Still waiting for your Tokyo reviews

By: chuckeats

chuckeats — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:20:36 +0000

Good luck Laurent – I don’t think there’s a better itinerary for Chicago.

Jhsmith – no, they did not know I was there, for what that’s worth.

By: jhsmith

jhsmith — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:01:48 +0000

on a side note: did l.gras know you were coming? do you think that would have made a difference in what you received? thanks for the review! josh

By: Laurent (GoT)

Laurent (GoT) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:03:55 +0000

Thanks for this great review Chuck.

Well i think i made reasonable choices as i have finally booked tables at L2O and Alinea next week !

Looking forward to visit them.

Cheers
Laurent

By: chuckeats

chuckeats — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:57:00 +0000

incidentally, i just read that Esquire magazine named it the best new restaurant of the year:
http://www.esquire.com/features/new-restaurants-2008/best-new-restaurants-2008?src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=esq&ha=1

considering what i know about their list (spruce, bar boulud), i’d take it with a grain of salt. their list seems to be more concerned with the design of the restaurants (all of them are quite pretty) instead of the actual food.

i guess that isn’t surprising.