This year, Newcity’s Big Heat feature focuses on those who stand behind the chef in the kitchen. We want to recognize the people who’ve succeeded big time, but we also want to recognize promising upstarts.
The Pump Room. Ed Debevic’s. Everest. Studio Paris. Restaurants that have found themselves woven into the history of Chicago and the fond memories of countless diners. At the helm of those, plus another 100 or so in Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; and, of course, Chicago, is Lettuce Entertain You, the industry behemoth that witnessed — and played no small part in shaping — the modern .