Tokio Pub in Schaumburg salutes Chicago’s beery history at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, with a four-course dinner devoted to canned beer.
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Whatever your budget, there’s a Christmas Day dinner for you in the Chicago area. Celebrate the holiday season with a bit of the bubbly. These Chicago restaurants are pouring out the frothy stuff: At 6 p.m. Dec. 8, Niche in Geneva offers a dinner focusing on Duval-Leroy champagnes, including tastings of 1980 vintages. Sommelier Vince Balistreri and guest speaker Arthur Silvente of Duval-Leroy will discuss the taste and terroir [...] 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. [...] Beaujolais Nouveau 2011, the first young wine made this season in the Beaujolais region of France, goes on sale at the stroke of midnight the morning the third Thursday of November with great celebration around the world. Here are a few places that will be pouring it in Chicagoland beginning Nov. 17. Mon Ami Gabi, [...] Bloomingdale’s Shiraz on the Water serves up prime rib with jus, horseradish sauce, veggies and bread and butter every Friday and Saturday night in a three-course special that includes a choice of soup or salad, plus side dish and dessert. Prices range from $24 with a petite 9-ounce cut to $31 with 16-ounce king-size. Traditional mooncakes and other authentic fare mark the Mid-Autumn Festival menu at Shanghai Terrace on the Magnificent Mile. Legend has it that the cakes commemorate the 14th-century Chinese rebellion against Mongol oppression. The rebels communicated with their compatriots by hiding the slips of paper in smuggled cakes. From Sept. 6 through 12, Chef Ivan Yuen [...] Try something a little different this Easter, with these out-of-the-ordinary options. Passover, the Jewish commemoration of the Biblical Exodus, begins at sunset Monday, April 18. While most Jews will gather for ritual meals called seders at family homes, if you don’t have a seder to go to, a variety of local restaurants stand ready to provide you with traditional food, if not always services. 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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