New Highland Park Spot Emphasizes Local Produce

Benjamin Restaurant’s contemporary American menu will change seasonally, says chef-owner.

Highland Park’s Benjamin Restaurant may be Benjamin Brittsan’s first, but the ambitious chef already dreams of owning more. The Winnetka resident studied pastry at Kendall College and Cooking Hospitality of Chicago and has cooked under chefs Gale Gand and Rick Tramonto of the now shuttered Brasserie T. “I’m taking some of the concepts and trends from the city and bringing them here,” Brittsan said. After graduation, Brittsan worked at Five Seasons Sports Club in Northbrook. He got into catering and working as a private chef on the North Shore, where he gained useful experience for his restaurant venture, which opened in August at 1849 Second St. “I want to start slow, but I want to include all the catering, the wine dinners, the cooking …

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