It’s been 15 years since Almaz Yigizaw, a native of Gandor, Ethiopia, who came to Chicago as a girl, launched Ethiopian Diamond in Edgewater. Yigizaw was inspired to open the restaurant after coming up with a business plan as a Loyola University class project. In 2009, she opened a second location in Rogers Park. Both [...]
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Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, perhaps the single most influential company in Chicago restaurant history, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday, June 10, at the place that started it all, R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park. Burgers will be $1.50 in tribute to the original 1971 price, and a DJ will spin ’70s tunes all day and [...] Summertime at last! Is there anywhere better than Chicago to spend Memorial Day weekend? We don’t think so. Here are just a few of the things to do this weekend. Watch the Chicago Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony and Parade in the Loop, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, free. After the opening ceremony at the [...] Happy anniversary to these Chicagoland restaurants! It’s well known that most eateries don’t make it to their first anniversary, so count these as successes. Market Bar, West Loop, celebrates its second anniversary today with beer tastings starting at 6 p.m.; tomorrow, a Ketel One patio party with a hosted open bar, beginning at 6 p.m. [...] Soft and creamy fresh sheep’s milk cheeses from Green Dirt Farm in Weston, Mo., will be a special feature Saturday, May 14, at the weekly Great American Cheese Collection warehouse sale in Back of the Yards. Cheese expert Giles Schnierle will be handing out samples of two bloomy-rind camembert-style cheeses and one washed-rind brie style [...] Cherishing your mother needn’t break the budget. Just about every restaurant in town is offering brunch or dinner specials for Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, but these sweeten the pot with free items for Mom. The end of Lent doesn’t mean the end of the Friday fish fry. Holy Mackerel! in Lombard continues its weekly three-course Friday fish fry special with this crispy beer-battered cod, served with a cup of clam chowder, fries and vinegar slaw, and followed by Key lime pie, $19.95. Since hot dogs and baseball go together like a bat and a glove, some Chicago spots are offering opening-day wiener deals. Lent, the season of the fish fry, is here. Check out these spots for your meatless Friday fish fix. The Cafe at the Glenview Park Golf Club, Glenview, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays, all-you-can-eat buffet offers baked haddock, fried cod, popcorn shrimp, fried clams, soup or salad and more, $12.95, $6.95 children under 10. Chevy [...] Macadamia-nut-crusted mahi mahi with lobster-butter sauce numbers among the dishes on the new Monday prix-fixe dinner menu at Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine in River North. Every Monday, you can choose an appetizer, entree and dessert for $35.95 (plus tax and tip). The three-course deal’s underway through April 18. Also, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays [...] |
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