45 places in Chicago to eat Thanksgiving dinner 2010

Whether you’re on the North Side, the South Side or in the suburbs, you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner. Chicago-area restaurants offer bountiful holiday feasts for almost every budget. Call for hours and menu details. Reservations are highly recommended if not required everywhere. Many restaurants also offer complete Thanksgiving dinners for carry [...]

Chicago wines and dines

Drink up, Chicago wine lovers, at these upcoming wine dinners at area restaurants. Reservations required. La Madia Hirsch Wine Dinner, River North, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, $87. David Hirsch of Hirsch Vineyards, Sonoma, Calif., will be on hand for a a six-course dinner pairing his 2007 San Andreas pinot noir, 2007 and 2008 Bohan [...]

Happy anniversary, ChicaGourmets!

It’s a lucky 13 for Chicagoland’s oldest and largest general dining club, some 700 members strong….

Dine out to help the hungry

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 [...]

Friday food porn: Meat me at Gibsons

U.S.D.A. prime porterhouse, as served at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse on the Gold Coast and in Oak Brook and Rosemont, 22 ounces, $47.50. If that’s not enough, they sell a bigger one.

10 places to get Rosh Hashana dinner in Chicago

Plenty of Chicagoland restaurants are happy to help you greet Rosh Hashana 5771 on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 8–9.

21 freebies for Mother’s Day in Chicago

You could take your mom out for the usual Mother’s Day brunch this Sunday, May 9, but why not go where she’ll get a little something extra?

Happy anniversary! Chicago restaurants invite you to celebrate

Celebrate with D.O.C., Hugo’s and Gibsons

Earn triple points at Lettuce Entertain You today

Today is Triple Points Day at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises! Members the restaurant group’s Frequent Diners program will threefold points toward future meals if they dine at participating restaurants today. Lettuce Entertain You was the first Chicago chain to offer a Frequent Diners program, one of many innovations the company, perhaps the single most influential [...]

Hair of the dog: Chicago New Year’s Day brunch bunch

Feed your hangover and get a little of the hair of the dog that bit you at New Year’s Day brunch. 33 Club, Old Town, noon to 4 p.m. A la carte brunch items include hand-sliced smoked salmon, whole wheat banana pancakes, challah french toast, eggs benedict and omelets. Dunlays on the Square, Logan Square, [...]