Temporis is a modern French-American restaurant at 933 N. Ashland Ave in Chicago's West Town/Noble Square neighborhood, known for its counter-style dining room seating only about two dozen guests facing the kitchen and its tasting-menu format.
Overview
Per the MICHELIN Guide's review, the veritable jewel box is the epitome of subtlety, serenity and sophistication: with fewer than two dozen seats the space feels intimate, as if the whole show were crafted solely for the guest, and year after year the kitchen team displays supreme talent and a highly intellectualized approach to cooking. According to third-party dining sites, the restaurant opened in 2017 and earned its first MICHELIN Star in 2019.
Dishes & Highlights
According to the MICHELIN Guide website, signature dishes include dark butter-brushed corn with an espelette pepper puree finished tableside with summer truffle; vanilla pasta with lobster, tarragon, black truffle sauce and Satsuma powder; seared Wagyu topped with curls of green papaya, drops of tamarind, jackfruit and coconut purees; and a "Caterpillar"-shaped sphere of cherry blossom mousse with a cake base, tonka bean gelee topping and cherry sorbet secured with white chocolate powder. Per third-party dining sites, the tasting menu was the only format, priced at roughly USD 150-265 per person.
Honors
The MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2023 listed Temporis among its one-star restaurants, with the official PDF recording the address as 933 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 60622. The PDF's starred list offers only a name-and-address entry for the restaurant, with no per-restaurant notes on dishes, chef or space, so this profile is not expanded from it. [1]
According to third-party dining sites, the restaurant permanently closed in 2024 following fire damage.
Practical Information
- Address: 933 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
- Phone: +1 773-697-4961 (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
- Website: https://www.temporischicago.com/ (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
- Price: $$$$ (tasting menu roughly USD 150-265 per person, per third-party dining sites)
- Facilities: air conditioning, booking essential, credit cards accepted, non-smoking, wheelchair access (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
[1]: MICHELIN Guide, “MICHELIN Guide 2023 - New York, Chicago and Washington - A new three-MICHELIN-Star restaurant,” 2023-11-08, linked PDF, pp. 8.