Terzo Piano

Like the rest of the Renzo Piano-designed Modern Wing, the restaurant at the Art Institute is a beautiful space: sleek, pristine and awash with light. The highlights of the hyper-seasonal menu, which is overseen by Spiaggia’s Tony Mantuano, exhibit similar simplicity and elegance. Eschew lackluster mains in favor of flatbreads (topped with creamy burrata cheese and seasonal ingredients like scapes) and heaping salads (like pea shoots and crisped prosciutto), then end with a rich, indulgent chocolate semifreddo. (Hey, we said the place was aesthetically pleasing, not ascetic.)