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 [...] 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. Though Friday, Dec. 9, The Franklin Tap in the Loop celebrates the the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Passed in December 1933, the amendment repealed Prohibition. Quaf $4 pints of Batch 19, a lager inspired by the last batches of beer brewed before 1919, when full-strength beer was banned, and mixologist [...] Costumes and specialty cocktails, pumpkins and beer. Halloween is for everybody — kids, adults, families and singles. Check out a few of the events going on this weekend around Chicago: Cactus Bar and Grill Halloween Benefit, Loop, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, free to attend, donations of canned goods encouraged. All-day celebration [...] Four fabulous fall beer tastings: City Provisions in Ravenswood, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. No cover. On Oct. 18, City Provisions hosts a release party for Chicago’s Finch’s Beer Co.’s Slackjawed Dunkel, a beer brewed with smoked malt and raw honey from Chef Cleetus Friedman’s [...] Chicago beer lovers, get ready: Franklin Tap in the Loop hosts “Meet the Brewers” from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, with beermakers from Chicago’s own Goose Island and pours of the company’s classic, seasonal and premium beers, specially priced at $3 to $5 per pint. Raffle prizes and giveaways also feature. SmallBar launches [...] Have a ball with your dad this Father\’s Day, and enjoy free giveaways from Chicago restaurants. |
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