| Frontera Grill | |
|---|---|
)  Location in River North, Chicago ) Frontera Grill (Illinois) ) Frontera Grill (the United States) | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1987 |
| Owner(s) | Rick Bayless |
| Head chef | Richard James |
| Food type | Mexican cuisine |
| Street address | 445 N Clark St. |
| City | Chicago |
| State | Illinois |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 60654 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′26″N 87°37′51″W / 41.890576°N 87.630803°W |
| Seating capacity | 65 |
| Other information | Phone: (312) 661-1434 |
| Website | www |
Frontera Grill is a Mexican restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Rick Bayless. It opened on March 21, 1987 at 445 N. Clark Street[1] in Chicago's River North neighborhood and was Bayless' first restaurant.[2] In 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times called it "a study in the art of Mexican cookery".[3]
In 1994, Frontera Grill was ranked the world's third-best casual dining restaurant by the International Herald Tribune.[4] In 2007, Frontera Grill won the James Beard Foundation's "Outstanding Restaurant" award, designating it the best restaurant in the U.S.[5]
Although Frontera Grill is not a chain, the restaurant's name brand and logo are used in several of Bayless' other restaurants including Tortas Frontera at Chicago's O'Hare airport,[6] Frontera Fresco (closed January 2020),[7] and Frontera Cocina in Disney Springs, Florida.[8] The brand and logo were also leveraged when Bayless founded his Frontera Foods line of pre-packaged foods in 1996.[9] The packaged food line was sold to Chicago food processing company ConAgra in 2016.[10]
References
- ^ Vettel, Phil (March 21, 2018). "Frontera Grill marks 30th anniversary today — we reprint first review". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Chef Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill - Biography". Star Chefs. September 2010.
- ^ Bruno, Pat. "Frontera Grill". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Wells, Patricia (January 17, 1994). "The Top Ten". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved October 2, 2006.
- ^ "The James Beard Foundation Awards (2007)". Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Tortas Frontera". RickBayless.com.
- ^ "Frontera Fresco". Rick Bayless.
- ^ "Home". Frontera Cocina by Rick Bayless.
- ^ Frost, Peter (September 26, 2016). "Rick Bayless sells Frontera Foods to ConAgra". Crain's Chicago Business.
- ^ RB Editors (March 2017). "The Power 20". Restaurant Business: 60.
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