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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 [...]
Brighten your dull winter evenings at these upcoming winter brew-hahas.
Smoke Daddy Weekly Beer Tastings, Wicker Park, 7–9 p.m. Tuesdays, no cover.
The weekly tastings showcase new, rare and small-production brews with specials on pints of featured beers ($6) and beer flights ($10). Upcoming events: Jan. 26, Samuel Adams Imperial Series; Feb. 2, Two Brothers [...]
It’s a rib-sticking extravaganza all day Wednesday, Jan. 20, when Smoke Daddy in Wicker Park serves up all-you-can-eat ribs from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Just $22.95 gets you all the baby backs, spare ribs or rib tips you want, plus fries and a choice of sweet potato fries, smoked pit beans, coleslaw, cornbread, homemade [...]
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 [...]
In the middle of a recession, Chicago restaurants experienced an astonishing upswing. The Trib called Chicago in 2008 a “chef magnet.” Travel + Leisure listed L2O, Perennial, The Publican and UrbanBelly in their “50 Best New American Restaurants.”
Does this make up for Blagojevich’s shamefaced media stint? All told, not a bad year. Here is [...]
Beer, beer and more beer! Drink up, Chicago.
The Chew Chew Restaurant Annual Fall Beer Festival, Riverside, 3–9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, $40.
More than 30 unique seasonal beers, delicious appetizers, great door prizes and live music by Kevin Trudo and guests feature at this fundraiser. Admission includes a 15-beer tasting card, free tasting glass [...]
“Echoing flavors of earth, soil, rain, oak leaves, moss and overall terroir of the forest. I cannot think of a more amazing product that exudes all of these flavors in one bite other than snail caviar,” writes Avenues Chef Curtis Duffy in his blog. “It is earthy, dirty, raw and in your face with [...]
What it is: The sweet and juicy fruit of a vine, Citrullus lanatus, watermelon is related to cucumbers and squash. Botanically, it’s considered a “pepo,” or false berry.
Traditionally large, green-skinned and red- or pink-fleshed with plentiful black seeds, there are today seedless and white-, yellow- and orange-fleshed watermelons and all kinds of sizes. In [...]
What it is: A Peruvian cousin of ceviche and sashimi, tiradito is thin strips of chilled, raw fish doused with a zesty salsa made from citrus juice and aji amarillo (Peruvian yellow pepper, Capsicum baccatum). Unlike most ceviches, the fish isn’t marinated but instead simply dressed with the mixture, so you can think of the [...]
Help the hungry — eat well.
More than a score of top Chicagoland chefs, including Michael Kornick of mk in River North, Mindy Segal and Mark Steuer of HotChocolate in Wicker Park, Michael Sheerin of Blackbird in the West Loop and Bill Kim of UrbanBelly in Irving Park, and a like number of the city’s [...]
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