Acadia was a restaurant in the South Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was opened by Ryan McCaskey in 2011. The restaurant served New American cuisine inspired by Maine's culinary history. It received Michelin stars several years in a row until its closure in 2020.
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Acadia was a fine dining restaurant that also had a bar where patrons could buy food, which was a more casual dining experience.[1] The restaurant's bartender, Michael Simon, was noted by food critics for the experimental cocktails he created at Acadia.[2] The exterior of the building was non-descript,[3] while the interior was well-decorated. Phil Vettel of the Chicago Tribune described its dining room as "a warmly minimalist, softly lit and serenely quiet space with alabaster walls, neutral carpeting and beaded-metal curtains." It closed temporarily in 2015 for redecorating.[4]