Best New Restaurant: Next

JBF Editors

May 07, 2012

Our Best New Restaurant award, presented by Mercedes-Benz, goes to:

Next

Chicago

Next is the latest venture for JBF Award Winner Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, and only the second time this award goes to a Chicago restaurant.

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