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.

Soo-ee! Pig plays and pig outs in August in Chicago

In Chicagoland this month, there are pigs”you can watch … and other pigs you can eat. Don’t get them mixed up!

The best Chicago restaurants ever? Really?

What would you add to the list? What would you leave off?

Eat this! Bananas Foster, a hot retro dessert from New Orleans

A New Orleans-born dessert of warm caramelized bananas flambeed with cognac or rum and served with ice cream, bananas Foster is a signature dish at The Chicago Firehouse in the South Loop.

20 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago

 

Celebrate the ‘Celtic Muse’ at Davenport’s, Wicker Park, 8 p.m. tonight and Friday, March 19, $15 plus two-drink minimum. Gillian Kelly and Claire Bigley perform Irish favorites such as “The Nightingale,” “Finnegan’s Wake,” and “The Rising of the Moon.” $3 Harps and Guinness, too.

Visit the Irish American Heritage Center, Irving Park, through March 20. Events begin [...]

Two rivers: Drinking green in Chicago this St. Patrick’s Day

Who cares if they don’t tint beer green in Ireland?
I don’t know who first thought of green beer, but in a town that — despite canceling one — still boasts two other St. Patrick’s Day parades, I shouldn’t have to tell you why green-dyed beer is a Chicago thing, or when and where to [...]

Free Irish whiskey for St. Patrick’s Day

If you don’t start in the morning, you can’t drink all day. Binny’s Beverage Depot celebrates St. Patrick’s Day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, with a free breakfast open house featuring Irish scones and coffee made with Feckin’ Irish Whiskey, plus music from the City of Chicago Pipers. The event takes place [...]

Leah’s Notebook: Comings, goings, this and that

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANNY’S! On this day in 1942, Jack Raskin opened what was to become Chicago’s foremost delicatessen, Manny’s Coffee Shop & Deli in the South Loop. Going stronger than ever, Manny’s is now run by Jack’s grandson Ken and great-grandsons Danny and Matt Raskin.
PUBURBAN NEWS. Bob McCullough’s Pub & Billiards has opened in Schaumburg [...]

Can you handicap Chicago’s Top Chef Masters?

We have upped the ante in our Top Chef Masters contest.

Free fish days at the Shedd Aquarium

OK, they’re not fish to eat, but only to look at.
The Shedd Aquarium is open for free on Mondays and Tuesdays all this month, as well the whole of next week, Feb. 15 through 19.
The free admission applies only to the original galleries, and not special exhibits or the Oceanarium, but there are plenty [...]