Jean-Claude Poilevey Brings French Classics to Chicago

Born in a small village in Burgundy, Jean-Claude Poilevey imparts a no-fuss sensibility to Le Bouchon and La Sardine, his two, low-key Chicago bistros that are perennial favorites of local chefs. It was his restaurants’ lack of pretense, in part, that prompted Gourmet to cite La Sardine as one of America’s best new restaurants in 2002, while Poilevey’s lack of inhibition has made him one of the...