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 [...]
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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. 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 [...] “Soup & Bread” starts up for a new year Jan. 4, serving six soups to a soundtrack by DJ Treetop Lover. You don’t have to cook Christmas dinner. Whatever your budget, there’s a Christmas Day dinner for you in the Chicago area. For some, Christmas Eve is the main event of the holiday season. For others, it’s a night for wrapping last-minute gifts and prepping for the big day on the 25th. And then there are those for whom it’s just another night. Whichever camp you fall in, plenty of Chicago restaurants are open to serve you. [...] 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. In 1893, Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer directed the chef at her husband’s Palmer House hotel in the Loop to prepare a portable sweet treat that could be packed in box lunches for guests attending the World’s Columbian Exposition. The result was the brownie. In honor of National Brownie Day, here’s the original recipe, still made [...] |
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