The Alinea Archives

As Alinea turns 20, we transport you back to the beginning.

Lincoln Park, 2005. The first year of Alinea. We didn’t know it then, but this was the dawn of molecular gastronomy in America, a new form of fine dining.

Welcome to Next: Alinea Year 1

CS Magazine

September 2005

The Archives


The Next Big Thing

Where Magazine, May 2005

Thinking Different

Gourmet Magazine, October 2005


In our 20th year, we transport you
back to the beginning.

Our first menu.

Our origin story.