Sprout; Chicago (Rest.)

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Top Chef: Miami competitor Dale Levitski took over the kitchen at Sprout in 2009, reinvigorating the neighborhood restaurant with adventurous dishes like foie gras with watermelon, cucumber and saba (grape must syrup) vinegar. At Frog n Snail, his new Lakeview bistro, Levitski is experimenting with revamping Euro dishes, like duck l’orange with a cinnamony duck confit pierogi. “It is a very fun and interesting challenge to look at the skeleton of a classic dish and play with it,” he says. http://sproutrestaurant.com ; http://frognsnail.com