Alinea
The table
Grant Achatz's laboratory of wonder: edible balloons, dessert painted across the table, flavor as performance art.
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Alinea's neighborhood park was once Chicago's city cemetery — one stubborn tomb, the Couch Mausoleum, was never moved and still stands among the trees.
Resurrection Mary
Chicago's most famous hitchhiker is a fair-haired girl in a white dancing dress who accepts rides on Archer Avenue, sits quietly with cold hands, and vanishes at the gates of Resurrection Cemetery. Cab drivers have reported her since the 1930s. None has ever collected the fare.
The local landmark
Couch Mausoleum, Lincoln Park, Chicago stands as Chicago's defining structure — the sight that anchors the city in memory long after the meal is finished.
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