Tru (restaurant)

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Tru
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Restaurant information
Established1999 (1999)
Head chefAnthony Martin
Food typeProgressive French cuisine with American influences
Dress codeJacket required
Rating2 Michelin stars (Michelin Guide)
CityChicago
StateIllinois
Websitetrurestaurant.com

Tru is a French restaurant located in the Streeterville neighborhood in Chicago. Tru, opened in 1999 by Rick Tramonto and Gale Gand with the backing of Rich Melman's Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, has been a Michelin one-star restaurant since the Chicago guidebook's inception in 2011, until 2017, when the restaurant was awarded two stars.[1] Since 2008, the Executive Chef is Anthony Martin.[2]

Awards & Accolades

The restaurant received a Michelin Star from the Michelin Guide every year since Chicago's debut guide in 2011.[3] In 2017, they were awarded two Michelin stars.[4] In 2013, Tru was once again awarded 5 diamonds from the American Automobile Association.[5] Since 2004, the restaurant has been a recipient of the Wine Spectator Grand Award.[6]


References

  1. ^ "26 Chicago restaurants awarded Michelin stars". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Chicago Michelin Guide Revealed: Alinea, L20 Get 3 Stars". Eater. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Grant Achatz Is Now Chicago's Most Michelin-Starred Chef". Eater. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ "Tru". Wine Spectator. January 1, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.