Beef sashimi with truffle oil, togarashi mayo and chives ($5), one of some 60 small plates designed to be shared at Lure Izakaya Pub, a late-night option in Chinatown.
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Cherishing your mother needn’t break the budget. Just about every restaurant in town is offering brunch or dinner specials for Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, but these sweeten the pot with free items for Mom. Now you can tuck into tapas right alongside your faithful companion. The Spanish spot Meson Sabika in Naperville has opened a special al fresco dining area just for dogs and their owners. A specialty menu offers doggie dinners with a choice of raw or cooked salmon, grilled chicken, and raw or cooked beef tenderloin, served [...] Each August, during La Tomatina in Brunol, Spain, near Valencia, tens of thousands of people from around the world converge to throw tomatoes at each other, splattering 100 metric tons of the fruit over the streets. What a waste! Here in Chicago, we can do better things with tomatoes … like eat them! [...] California winemaker Craig Becker pours his limited-production wines — including the 2007 High Flyer Viognier, 2006 Priest Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon and 2005 Peacock Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon — from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 10–11 at the brand-new Inovasi in Lake Bluff. Chef John John des Rosiers (ex-Bank Lane Bistro) has [...] Plenty of reasons to stop by Café Ba-Ba-Reeba! in Lincoln Park this month. Bodega Ba-Ba-Reeba! 6 pm. Tuesday, June 16, $35. A tasting of more than 30 Spanish wines, sherries, brandies and cavas with tapas and paella. Bottles will be for sale during the event. Paella cooking class, 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, $40. Learn [...] Pintxos (PEEN-chos) are bite-sized nibbles served in the bars of Northern Spain, such as dishes of olives, shrimp-and-egg salad on toast and goat cheese croquetas. In Chicago, you can get ’em at Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! in Lincoln Park, where they’re available by the platter for $8.95 or individually for $1.50. But the real deal is in [...] |
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