tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762643285987662663.post4070008173914206512..comments2014-01-14T11:12:56.957-06:00Comments on I Didn't Get Fat Accidentally...: My Dinner with CharlieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655340897637604732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762643285987662663.post-60061386163924033862012-07-24T13:24:11.343-05:002012-07-24T13:24:11.343-05:00I'm really happy we went as well. I put Trotte...I'm really happy we went as well. I put Trotters up there with places like Everest, Tru, Spaggia and L20 (now that Laurant is gone). They're really really good places, that get great reviews, but aren't going to totally blow my mind away. I'm really happy we went and I'm thrilled that we had such a great experience and a wonderful somm and there were some spectacular highlights, but looking at the experience on the whole, it didn't hold a candle to Alinea or even Ko, at least not for me (Matt thinks Trotters was better than Ko).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655340897637604732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762643285987662663.post-5864993756263417892012-07-17T21:40:19.880-05:002012-07-17T21:40:19.880-05:00I went in 2000 to celebrate the college graduation...I went in 2000 to celebrate the college graduation of a bestie from Northwestern. I was almost 25 and not making a ton of money, but we wanted to celebrate a big event and I was the most likely person in Chicago to do CT with her. We had a similarly great experience, but what stands out the most is that a) she had dietary restrictions that the staff accommodated without hesitation and that b) the staff treated a 21-yo and a 24-yo with exactly the same level of professionalism that all the rich Oldie Hawns around us got. You've gotten to really enjoy the explosion of the Chicago Food Boom over the past few years -- and that's totally great -- but looping CT in with other "Chicago Establishment" joints like, say, Gene and Georgetti or even Le Francais or whatever isn't fair. I'm thrilled you did CT before the impending closure; I wish my mom had planned her trip to Chicago (tomorrow!) earlier so that she could have done Trotters.Kevin Bogarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697370023342755755noreply@blogger.com