2024: The year fine dining died?

Plus: a sneaky peek at some local evidence to the contrary

Earlier this year, Bon Appetit published an article that read like a post-mortem for fine dining. The author, an ex-chef, wrote that the notion of eating out on white tablecloths at boundary-pushing establishments is ‘going out of fashion,’ and that chefs ‘no longer see the appeal of restaurant work’ in this format.

At the very least, this year, of all y…