Oriole has embraced a more challenging path, yet it feels like the rewards of the process are now finally starting to flow…
Wagyu
North America’s “number one” restaurant is completely untethered to any kind of orthodoxy or expectation…
It’s been more than a month since I’ve gotten to check in on this most rarefied of Chicago omakases…
My last meal at Oriole left me feeling that the restaurant was undergoing a bit of an identity crisis…
After a leave of absence, Otto Phan is back behind his flagship’s counter.
On its night, no other restaurant offers more superlative value or, in fact, does more to collapse the city’s traditional hierarchy of fine dining altogether…
Ten years after Oriole’s debut, I cannot think of a tougher or more rewarding test for a restaurant that has earned its place in Chicago’s all-time fine dining pantheon…
This experience does not represent the Kyōten I know and love…
These past few experiences affirm that the kitchen has built a foundation through which its best ever work may now be realized.
By and large, I enjoyed what I tasted at Oriole back in September. Two months later, where do things stand?