He dreams of a world in which several dozen of his Sybaris clubs are scattered along American roads as monuments to glandular grandeur and post-puberty passions. Call it the franchising of romancing.

Sybaris might be the one Chicago-area attraction that your parents — and maybe even your grandparents — have visited, but are too bashful to tell you about. Because everyone knows why couples ...

Sybaris, the Albany restaurant he and his wife, Janel, opened in 2001, was named best overall restaurant. (Sybaris also won for best American cuisine, best appetizers and best world cuisine.