Sunday, Feb. 5, marks Super Bowl XLVI: the New York Giants vs. the New England Patriots. Here’s a few places where Chicagoland food and football fans can indulge in both. Cantina 46 on the Gold Coast goes beyond screening the pigskin plays to roasting a whole pig in a Cuban Caja box. $30 gets you [...]
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“Don’t struggle with trading your pint glass for a can — just think of it as a mini keg and tap up!” says Timothy O’Toole’s Pub in Streeterville and Gurnee. Canned-beer celebrations continue this week, with National Beer Can Appreciation Day tomorrow. Canned beer first debuted on January 24, 1935, thanks to a process invented [...] Ayu, a Japanese river fish also known as sweetfish, is skewered, lightly battered and deep-fried tempura-style at Lure Izakaya Pub in Chinatown, $7. Prohibition returns Friday, Jan. 20, at Cactus Bar and Grill. From 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., the Loop watering hole will turn itself into a speakeasy. A secret password, released at 11 a.m. via Facebook, will be required to enter their private back room for intoxicating, “illegal” libations such as $4 Batch 19 prohibition-style pints [...] Tokio Pub in Schaumburg salutes Chicago’s beery history at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, with a four-course dinner devoted to canned beer. Elvis performs in Chicago, Oct. 14, 1976. Can it really be more than 34 years since Elvis Presley’s death? He would have turned 77 this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, and The Original Mother’s, on the Gold Coast, celebrates his birthday with their 12th annual Elvis Fest. Radio Hall of Famer Dick Biondi (WLS-FM 94.7) hosts [...] Happy New Year! Sop up your hangover this New Year’s Day with a hearty brunch and the hair of the dog that bit you. Cantina 46, Gold Coast, 11:a.m. to 4 p.m., $15. Start the new year off with a Latin-style pig roast. Guest chef Troy Graves cooks conchita pibil in a Cuban Caja box [...] What are you drinking this New Year’s Eve? If gin or vodka is your tipple, and you order “well” drinks at a Chicago bar — from Emmit’s in West Town to Grape Street in Streeterville — your libations will likely originate in southwest suburban Plainfield, Ill., where the U.K.-based spirits, wine and beer giant Diageo [...] “Soup & Bread” starts up for a new year Jan. 4, serving six soups to a soundtrack by DJ Treetop Lover. New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean you have to lay out a bundle on a party package. Have fun at these spots for under $30 per person. AJ Hudson’s Public House, Wrigleyville, no cover. Toast the New Year as it hits the United Kingdom at 6 p.m. CST, and then again, stateside, at midnight, with Champagne [...] |
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