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Grant Achatz's Mega-Hyped Next Now Open For Business (If You Can Get In)


First Posted: 04/06/11 03:15 PM ET Updated: 06/06/11 06:12 AM ET

Next Restaurant Open

Next restaurant, the mega-hyped new restaurant from chef Grant Achatz (of Alinea fame) is now open for service.

The restaurant will change the menu every three months, each time focusing on a different place and time period. The first and current iteration is "Paris 1906." Eater Chicago has a photo rundown of the full menu.

Reservations at Next are sold as tickets in which pre-payment is required, and price may vary by date and time.

Lest opening a restaurant was not enough work, Grant Achatz's memoir, Life on the Line, about battling cancer was recently released, and he will be opening Aviary, a cocktail bar (think Alinea's approach to food, but drinks), within weeks.

Check out the strangely mesmerizing video announcing Next's opening:


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Next restaurant, the mega-hyped new restaurant from chef Grant Achatz (of Alinea fame) is now open for service. The restaurant will change the menu every three months, each time focusing on a differe...
Next restaurant, the mega-hyped new restaurant from chef Grant Achatz (of Alinea fame) is now open for service. The restaurant will change the menu every three months, each time focusing on a differe...
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Totto
"Not 'Noise' One Round: *Music*
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12:03 PM on 04/07/2011
Trois Etoiles! Magnifique!
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themainpoint
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09:42 AM on 04/07/2011
They cook some of their food in plastic wrapping?
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So Meaty!
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11:20 PM on 04/08/2011
It's called Sous Vide - French for "under vacuum", a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath for a long time at an accurately determined temperature much lower than normally used for cooking, typically around 140 °F. The intention is to maintain the integrity and full flavors of the ingredients.
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05:25 PM on 04/09/2011
We're having flank steak sous vide tonight, at 132F for 13 hours and finished on the grill in heave oak smoke. Fantastic.
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03:00 PM on 04/06/2011
How about Next Stalingrad, 1940.
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03:23 PM on 04/06/2011
yea, serving leather boots cooked in boiling water.
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