What happens to the elaborate, often custom-made, dishes used at Next, Alinea, Aviary and The Office after the menus change? They’re all carefully archived in a series of rooms in the West Loop that serves as a kind of museum for the restaurant group. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)

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