It was after hours in the lounge, with everyone full on pizza and wine. Achatz recalled the night: "Daniel said, 'Why don't we take this a step further? You come to New York, we come to Chicago.' It was a handshake deal. Don't get me wrong, it's gonna hurt. It's a tremendous amount of work. But we don't want to be the rock band that plays the same song over and over. There are very few people in any given industry that have the opportunity to have that carte blanche."