The weekend wants to get into the photo booth with you.
This week, Perks is bringing you half off cutting-edge ties from the Brits at Motto and Crest. Plus: bring back the days of yore at Old Town Social, with a plate of charcuterie and artisanal cheese plus two drafts for $25. Your three major food groups, covered.
Tonight you will be lured into a garden of earthly temptations, populated by dancing girls wearing fig leaf bikinis, and one six-foot white python. Please note: the garden is more like a penthouse lounge, so also expect temptation in the form of complimentary vodka for the first 90 minutes. You’ll make the right choice.
The Viagra Triangle can be a bit much some nights—lucky for you, this is one of those nights. Il Mulino, Tavern on Rush, McCormick & Schmick’s and RA Sushi (among others) turn Sutton Place into a blowout food fest. Goose Island is bringing the Belgian beer. You bring whatever Belgian you have handy.
This charity trawl through 11 River North bars (LaSalle Power Co., Epic, Theory, et al) with allegiances to Big Ten schools is a lot to tackle—especially since you’ll be facing off with your archrivals in push-ups contests and sub-eating contests. Which, of course, balance each other out.
Imagine a secret society of beer connoisseurs who really like brunch, and you’ll begin to understand this four-course feast hosted by a onetime Top Chef contestant. Wash down miso-glazed pork belly, wild boar sausage and strawberry/peach bread pudding with four different New Holland brews. One rule: no mimosas.
Turns out, martinis aren’t just a weekday lunch thing anymore. Sable now offers a flight of variations on gin martinis (Tanqueray, Beefeater, Hendrick’s) to go with your smoked ham quiche. Which suddenly sounds very macho.
