Beatrix - Streeterville

There are a few obvious tells that you are sitting in a Lettuce restaurant. Pretty, large-lettered signs advertising coffee drinks and breakfast pastries line the walls and some menu descriptions are a bit too precious. “Neatloaf?” “Cute banana split?” “Tall, dark and handsome” chocolate cake? These kind of sound like they belong in a mall restaurant. But as I slowly eat a piece of the most decadent caramel pie I’ve ever put in my mouth, I think—just go with it. Purists will inevitably complain that nothing at this restaurant makes any sense. But they’ll stop complaining once they start eating.