{"id":38808,"date":"2019-01-17T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=38808"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:53:21","slug":"alinea-clemson-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/alinea-clemson-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Alinea Trumps White House Dinner, Invites Clemson Tigers to a Better Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Trump served the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champions an array of fast food during their visit to the White House on Monday, our very own Alinea decided to take advantage of this golden arch of a marketing opportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alinea co-owner Nick Kokonas wasn\u2019t kidding when he invited the Clemson Tigers to enjoy \u201cwhat an actual celebration dinner should be\u201d at his fine dining restaurant at 1723 N Halsted St. He sent out a Tweet the day after the pathetic White House meal and tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClemsonTigers?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">@ClemsonTigers<\/a> for good measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I could care less about college football. But I&#39;m personally inviting the Clemson Tigers team and coaches to Chicago to experience what an actual celebration dinner should be. <\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m not joking. <\/p>\n<p>Someone let them know what The Alinea Group does. It&#39;ll be worth it<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClemsonTigers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ClemsonTigers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; nick kokonas (@nickkokonas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickkokonas\/status\/1085377082614562816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A meal at the three-Michelin-starred Alinea will always be effortlessly better than the spread of Wendy\u2019s, McDonald\u2019s, Burger King, and Domino\u2019s that the president served these college champs. We\u2019re really hoping the Clemson Tigers take him up on the offer because we\u2019re actually secretly all very jealous. And what better way to market Alinea than to\u00a0get the faces of pseudo-celebrities\u00a0in their restaurant?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alinearestaurant.com\/site\/company\/#\">The Alinea Group<\/a>\u00a0owns several fine-dining\u00a0establishments around Chicago, including Next, the Aviary, and Roister. Check them out for your next special event\u2014trust me, if you wanna impress bae, these are the spots to be.<\/p>\n<p>And as for you, Nick Kokonas, we sincerely applaud you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Featured Image Credit:\u00a0Matthew Gilson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Trump served the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champions an array of fast food during their visit to the White House on Monday, our very own 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