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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You don’t have to cook Christmas dinner. Braised lamb in a curry reduction, finished with pickled onions and fresh cilantro chutney and wrapped in flatbread, $5.99, at the Loop’s new fast-casual Indian lunch spot, Bombay Wraps. North Side, South Side or in the Chicago suburbs, you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner. Chicagoland restaurants offer bountiful holiday feasts. Call for hours and menu details. Reservations are highly recommended if not required everywhere. Many restaurants also offer complete Thanksgiving dinners for carry out — several days’ notice is typically required. [...] Quick! What’s the next holiday on the October calendar? If you said Halloween, you’re wrong. It’s Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights beginning Wednesday, Oct. 26. Displays of lights, fireworks, traditional sweets and exchanges of gifts mark the five day celebration, which is aso observed by Sikhs and Jains. From Wednesday, October 26 through Sunday, [...] Bombay Spice Grill & Wine, a new Indian spot in River North, is thinking pink this month. Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by indulging in a pink drink such as a pink mojito with strawberry vanilla-infused Bacardi Rum ($11), Pink Lady Svedka Raspberry martini ($12), Jeio Rose Cuvee Prosecco ($9), Gotham Project Rose Washington ($7) [...] Smoking hot chicken tikka, tender chunks of chicken breast marinated in distinctive, blended spices with lemon juice and yogurt, and roasted in a clay oven ($12.95) — a specialty of Himalayan Restaurant, an Indian and Nepali eatery with locations in Niles, Gurnee and Bloomingdale. The smoky, tandoor-roasted chicken is also available a creamy tomato-onion sauce [...] You don’t have to cook on Christmas Day in Chicago. Scores of restaurants and bars will be open to serve you, many serving special holiday meals. Call ahead to check on hours and menus; reservations may be required. 33 Club, Old Town, American 676 Restaurant and Bar, Loop, American Allgauer’s Restaurant, Alsip, American Ann Sather, [...] Your dining dollars can help end childhood hunger in America this week. Through Saturday, Sept. 25 scores of local eateries will donate a portion of their proceeds to anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength during the charity’s annual “Great American Dine Out.” The funds raised go to community programs across the country. Participating restaurants include: Brick [...] Journey with Montreal’s Theatre Sans Fil to J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle Earth, as the company performs “The Hobbit,” the wonderful adventure of Bilbo Baggins on his epic journey to a new level of wisdom, staged as a marvelous adaptation with 48 giant puppets bringing to life Bilbo, Gandalf, Gollum, a 25-foot dragon and others. |
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