A certified organic restaurant

Chef Michael Altenberg stands outside the site of his new organic restaurant "Crust" at 2056 W. Division in Chicago. (Jon Sall/Sun-Times)

According to "Wicker Park to get first organic pizzeria," in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Wicker Park neighborhood in Chicago will be home to one of only four certified organic restaurants in the U.S. From the article:

At Crust, a restaurant slated to open next month in Wicker Park, the menu will read like this: Flatbread pizzas made with organic mozzarella, organic Italian sausage and organic wheat. Organic lettuce drizzled with organic Thousand Island dressing. Organic milkshakes and organic soft drinks. For martini drinkers -- organic vodka.

But to chef and owner Michael Altenberg, long a champion of sustainable agriculture, that's still not enough. So he's going further, pursuing organic certification for the entire restaurant. If successful, Crust will be the first eatery in the Midwest -- and only the fourth in the nation -- with that status.