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Michigan Avenue - 2017 - Issue 3 - Summer - Ludacris

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Duck Inn chef Kris Delee elevates bar food with dishes like duck wings served with homemade jalapeño hot sauce. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ROCKIT RANCH PRODUCTIONS WHERE TO EAT, DRINK, AND PL A Y IN CHIC AGO... A TASTEFUL TRANSITION RIS DELEE TAKES THE REINS AS TOP TOQUE AT BRIDGEPORT STAPLE THE DUC NN. BY J.P. ANDERSON Neighborhood son and award-win- ning chef Kevin Hickey has stepped away from the kitchen of his acclaimed Bridgeport tavern The Duck Inn, but new executive chef Kris Delee insists that the beloved destination's focus on "working-class fine dining" remains firmly in place. Aiming for excellence without the pretense of a typical elevated dining experience, Delee describes his debut menu as "a love letter to all the kitchens I've worked in during my career." That translates to dishes like pork belly and scallop with XO sauce; Lego-shaped foie gras mousse; and duck wings with Japanese bar- becue sauce, for which Delee found inspiration in one of those past kitch- ens. "I was in Cincinnati opening a restaurant with my best friends and mentors—the hot sauce is an homage to a recipe we made there with grits and pork." Sounds like The Duck Inn's next chapter is off to a deli- cious start. 2701 S. Eleanor St., 312- 724-8811; theduckinnchicago.com MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM 127 SCENE SOURCE: The

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