page_title: Charlie Trotter
section_title: Restaurants
hierarchical_section_title: Charlie Trotter / Restaurants
caption_attribution_description: English: "Buttermilk Poached Poularde Breast with Salsify, Black Trumpet Mushrooms &amp; Red Wine Essence", Charlie Trotter's Restaurant, Chicago.
context_page_description: Charles Trotter was an American chef and restaurateur. His most well-known restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, was open in Chicago from 1987 to 2012.
context_section_description: Charlie Trotter's restaurant in Chicago opened in 1987. It was named as the 30th-best restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine, and 5th-best in the United States in 2007. In 2010 Charlie Trotter's was one of three restaurants in Chicago to be awarded two stars by the Michelin Guide. In the following year's Michelin Guide, the restaurant again was rated with two stars. On December 31, 2011, Trotter announced that the restaurant would close in August 2012, citing a desire to travel and to pursue a master's degree.
  Trotter also owned Trotter's To Go at 1337 W. Fullerton, a high-end delicatessen and catering store in Lincoln Park, Chicago. This closed in July 2012.
  In 2008, Trotter opened his second namesake restaurant in Las Vegas known as Restaurant Charlie. The restaurant garnered extraordinary praise from critics and received the Michelin Guide One Star award in 2009. The restaurant also received the 2009 James Beard Award for "Best New Restaurant". Within the restaurant was a smaller, private bar known as Bar Charlie in which diners were seated overlooking the kitchen preparation and receive a hands-on experience. It closed in March 2010.
  In 2004, Trotter opened C, a seafood restaurant in Los Cabos, Mexico. It closed in  November 2008.
  Trotter had planned to open a restaurant in New York City in a new building being built at One Madison Park, but a foreclosure crisis prevented it.
  In 2014, Trotter's son Dylan and his mother Done-Lee Trotter announced that the nonprofit Trotter Project would open in the original Charlie Trotter's restaurant space on Armitage Avenue. Though the buildings had been put on the market after the restaurant closed in 2012, they were taken off the market. The project is expected to include teaching opportunities for young chefs.
caption: Charlie Trotter's poularde dish
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