This seared Pacific ahi tuna ($32), features at 437 Rush on the Magnificent Mile every Friday through April 6, along with other Lenten seafood specials, such as zuppa di pesce, a combination of clams, black mussels, shrimp, fresh catch, and baby octopus in spicy tomato sauce served with garlic toast points ($39); Atlantic salmon ($27), [...]
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“We’ll add a patty of Deep Fried Gravy on any of our burgers, for a little extra charge of $1.50. I don’t know that you can get Deep Fried gravy anywhere else, so that small upcharge doesn’t seem too much, says owner Gus Paschalis. “And, it’s really good gravy.” Part of the $29 three-course Pre-Theater Dinner at Waterleaf Restaurant on the College of DuPage campus in Glen Ellyn, tender crab cakes served with cucumber tartar sauce and micro green salad are one of several starter options. For patrons of the McAninch Arts Center, as well as other early diners, the Pre-Theater Dinner menu is [...] According to the arbiters of such holidays, today is National Carrot Cake Day. The example shown, redolent with nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon, moistened with crushed pineapple and coated with cream-cheese frosting and roasted walnuts, comes from Benny’s Chop House in River North ($8.99). Foie gras torchon coated with malt and garnished with curry-apple butter, lemon and mache, $14 at Acadia in the South Loop. 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. Have a hot, creamy bowlful during National Soup Month! Riva Crab House on Navy Pier serves such daily choices as New England-style clam chowder and this lobster and corn bisque laced with sherry and brandy ($7 lunch and $9 dinner). Orange-infused French toast crusted with macadamia nuts and drizzled with rich butter rum syrup, $12, part of the breakfast menu at Great Street Restaurant and Bar in the Loop. The restaurant will be open New Year’s Day. Sister breakfast specialsts M.Henry in Andersonville and M.Henrietta in Edgewater feature this decadent reason to get up in the morning, created from house-made chocolate sour-cherry bread layered with fresh strawberries, raspberry whipped cream, chocolate ganache, raspberry coulis and vanilla creme anglaise, $9.25 on the Sunday brunch menu, as well as on the daily specials through [...] Rio’s D’Sudamerica’s lomo saltado is packed with sirloin strips marinated in traditional Peruvian-Asian spices and piled with sauteed onions, tomatoes and melted mozzarella on French bread, $6. Find the sandwich on the weekday lunch menu at the Bucktown eatery. |
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