1 Quiote Two-Year Anniversary Dinner (Quiote) Executive chef Ross Henke and mezcal maven Jay Schroeder host five outstanding Chicago chefs, presenting ten courses to celebrate the second annum of the innovative and acclaimed Mexican restaurant. (February 2)
2 Sushi Class (Filini Restaurant) If one of your New Year resolutions was to eat healthier, you could learn how to make sushi. At this event, you’ll learn how to make three different maki, and each will be paired with a sake. (February 4)
3 Celebration of Marriage Night (Geja’s) As part of a nine-day Valentine’s Festival, get a percentage point off your bill for each year you’ve been married: ten years of wedded bliss gets you ten percent off. Enjoy your hot cheese and wine, you lovebirds. (February 11)
4 Operation Bang & Burn: Chicago Anti-Valentines Day Party (SafeHouse Chicago) Been burned in love? Bring a memento of your ex and fling it into a fiery inferno—you’ll win a chance to take home a $100 bar tab, as well as that satisfying feeling of vengeance.(February 14)
5 Milktooth Takeover (Dove’s Luncheonette) Indianapolis’ acclaimed Milktooth takes over Wicker Park’s Tex-Mex diner with over-the-edge comfort food like breakfast miso soup, yucca latkes and seared tuna in Texas toast. (February 18)
Dining and Drinking Editor for Newcity, David also writes a weekly food column for Wednesday Journal in Oak Park and is a frequent contributor of food/drink and travel pieces to the Chicago Tribune, Plate Magazine and other publications. David has also contributed chapters to several books, including Street Food Around the World, Street Food, and The Chicago Food Encyclopedia. Contact: dhammond@newcity.com
Dining & Drinking Top 5: February 2023 T.S. Eliot was wrong. February is the cruelest month: wet, gray, cold and generally not so much fun. Still, there are entertaining options, and here are five of them.
Dining & Drinking Top 5: February 2022 With COVID requirements in place, many restaurants/bars are opening up to something close to business-as-usual, and one-off events are moving ahead.
Dining and Drinking Top 5: May 2022 The weather is encouraging us to go out and have fun, even with the enduring specter of the plague hanging over our heads. To be on the safe side, check websites for these events.
Dining and Drinking Top 5 of 2021 I like street food, but I also like eating high-end, white tablecloth dinners. I guess I just like eating.
Dining & Drinking Top 5: June 2023 Warmer weather means more festivals and outdoor food events, so put on your sunblock and your feedbag and start enjoying the foods of summer in Chicago.
