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Curtis Duffy cooks a ten-course tasting on a quiet stretch of Fulton Street, and it ran $325 and about three hours in March 2024. The cocktail bar next door, After, is part of the same building.

Why go

Duffy opened this in 2020 and the guide gives him two stars for it.1 2 The room is Venetian plaster and low light, tables set far enough apart that you cannot hear the next table talking about their wagyu, and the kitchen is open at the front of it.1 2 Courses arrive on servers moving in step. The inspectors describe dishes built from several elements at once, with the control landing on structure and presentation, and they single out the wine program and a spirit-free pairing that runs beside it.1 Shaved and frozen hamachi is the one plate the record actually names.2

Order this / avoid

Order: the ten-course tasting. It is the only menu, and the price was $325 in March 2024.2
Order: the spirit-free pairing if you are not drinking. The guide records it as a real program rather than an afterthought.1
Avoid: treating it as a two-hour dinner. Budget three.2

What locals & experts say

The Infatuation Chicago (Adrian Kane, 12 March 2024), scoring it 8.1: The $325 10-course tasting ranges from “How did they do that?” to “Oh look, a foam.”2
MICHELIN Guide Chicago, on the cooking: The cooking shows a high level of control, with compositions that are polished and deliberate in their execution.1
MICHELIN Guide Chicago: Two MICHELIN Stars, on the guide's own venue page read 28 August 2026.1

Good to know

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm to 10pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.1
After: the adjoining cocktail bar belongs to the same operation, and it is the way to see the block without the tasting menu.1

Verdict

should-visit — Two stars from the guide and a room built to deliver them, with service the inspectors call precisely choreographed and a wine program that runs a spirit-free line beside it. The rung stops short of the top because the one critic who scored it put it at 8.1 and said some of the ten courses land as a foam, and that is a real reservation about a $325 menu rather than a quibble about the room.