The story
Elegant Michigan Avenue French restaurant with high ceilings and arched windows in the Allerton Hotel. Lucien Verge introduced affordable French provincial cooking to Chicago. The slow 1990s economy closed it after 14 years.
Everything that was here
- 1979–1993
L'EscargotFrench
Elegant Michigan Avenue French restaurant with high ceilings and arched windows in the Allerton Hotel. Lucien Verge introduced affordable French provincial cooking to Chicago. The slow 1990s economy closed it after 14…
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