Tru
676 N. Saint Clair St.Chicago, IL 60611
Gold Coast/Mag Mile/Streeterville
312-202-0001
trurestaurant.com
Hours: Dinner: Monday-Saturday
Closed Sunday
Our Review
The cheapest way to eat at Tru is to skip dinner and just show up for dessert. Tru offers a few late-night reservations, subject to availability, for their four-course dessert tasting menu, which runs $40—a deal considering that the full dinner prix fixe is $158. In any case, there's no question it would be hubris to have dinner at Tru and then order the dessert tasting (I recommend an early evening salad and a nap). There's a round of "fruit and custard" desserts, followed by a chocolate round: that's a total of eight different desserts for the four of us at the table, and although there were a few misses—the chocolate-port semifreddo was inexplicable—things like the gianduja napoleon with layers of frozen caramel mousse and hazelnut nougatine were breathtaking. To top it off, out came a dollhouse-size float of house-made root beer and Kahlua ice cream, and then—just to be polite—the staff brought by a tray of truffles and a jar of madeleines, then an entire cart of candies and miniature pastries: nougat, lollipops, truffles, macaroons, gelees. At 1 AM I walked out dizzy with sugar and luxury, convinced I'd never want dessert again and grateful that Northwestern University Hospital was across the street.
Price: $$$$$
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