Alinea Opens in Chicago
CONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE2/3The source[1] dates it to the day: "The restaurant opened on May 4, 2005, and takes its name from the symbol alinea, which is featured as a logo."
Grant Achatz's "maximalist modernist" restaurant opened on a Lincoln Park side street and went on to hold three Michelin stars from 2011 to 2024. It is named after the alinea, the paragraph symbol that is also its logo.