Eater’s Digest: May happenings
May 3, 2011 10:58AM
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Out to pasture
May 14: Chefs Rob Levitt, Michael McDonald, Chris Pandel and Jason Vincent cook family-style for a dinner and tour at Slagel Family Farm in Fairbury. The opener: a butchering demo by Levitt. Bus leaves at noon from Vincent’s Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted. (815) 848-9385; brown papertickets.com/event/169130.
Beer mania
May 19-27: Beer-centric events unfold across the city for Chicago Craft Beer Week. Among them: Goose Island hosts a May 20 pub crawl in the South Loop, and the Chicago History Museum digs deep into Chicago’s beer and bar past with trolley tours (multiple dates). A $10 “passport” gets you into most events; certain events have additional fees. Go to chibeerweek.com for the schedule and tickets.
What a riot
May 21: The Wine Riot, a traveling wine tasting, comes to the Great Hall at Union Station, 210 S. Canal. Taste your way through more than 250 wines, in two shifts — 1 to 5 p.m. or 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $50; second glass.com/wineriot.
Updated: August 4, 2011 4:20PM
4 Grab your tote - Green City Market moves outdoors.
6 Taste what culinary students at Elgin Community College are up to, 6 p.m. reception, then dinner, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin; $100. Event helps fund the school's traveling culinary team. (847) 622-0300; elgin.edu/spartanterrace.
7 Smelt's here, but not for long. Get 'em fried or cracker meal-crusted at Shaw's Crab House, 21 E. Hubbard and 1900 E. Higgins, Schaumburg.
8 Waffles, eggs Benedict, whatever - treat Mom to breakfast in bed. She deserves it.
10 Rubbernecks alert: "Top Chef: The Tour" hits Chicago. Bravo chef-testants will be on Michigan Avenue (at Illinois) from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and at Whole Foods, 1550 N. Kingsbury, on May 11.
11 Hump day special: Fried chicken and all-you-can-drink bubbly at Chalkboard, 4343 N. Lincoln, for $25. Every Wednesday.
13 Cholesterol check: the burger challenge at Timothy O'Toole's, 622 N. Fairbanks. Polish off the double-patty, four-cheese "Big Timmy" burger with fries and onion rings ($19.99), and you win . . . a T-shirt. Challenge is open through May 31.
14 In good taste: Browse the North Shore artisan food market, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Now We're Cookin', 1601 Payne, Evanston; $10. (847) 570-4140.
15 Annual "Girl Food Dinner" at West Town Tavern, 1329 W. Chicago. Five female chefs, five courses, 5:30 p.m.; $150 (benefits Greater Chicago Food Depository). Tickets: chicagosfood bank.org.
18 Opening today: the 16th-floor Terrace at Trump, 401 N. Wabash. Toast one of the city's sweetest views with a rum-based Huahine Basil or Tahiti Traveler.
21 Two-day Chill and Grill Festival, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at south end of Lincoln Park (noon to 5 p.m. May 22). On the marquee: grilling guru Jamie Purviance, Ted Allen, Gale Gand and more. Tasting cards are $12 online ($15 on-site); bhgchillandgrill.com.
22 Have a ball: Rosebud, 1500 W. Taylor, crowns the winner of its meatball contest at 2 p.m.; free to attend. (312) 942-1117.
23 StarChefs.com honors its Chicago crop of "Rising Stars," 7 to 10 p.m. at the Fairmont Chicago, 200 N. Columbus; $125. (212) 966-7575; starchefs.com/tickets.
25 Moo, baa, oink: Vie, 4471 Lawn Ave., Western Springs, holds a six-course animal dinner at 7 p.m.; $90. (708) 246-2082.
28 Hair-raising: Guy Fieri brings his culinary road show to the Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $39.50 to $250; call (219) 473-6060 or go to thevenue-chicago.com.
30 It's Memorial Day - enjoy.
MORE TO CHEW ON
Out to pasture
May 14: Chefs Rob Levitt, Michael McDonald, Chris Pandel and Jason Vincent cook family-style for a dinner and tour at Slagel Family Farm in Fairbury; $125. The opener: a butchering demo by Levitt. Bus leaves at noon from Vincent’s Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted. (815) 848-9385; brownpapertickets.com/event/169130.
Beer mania
May 19-27: Beer-centric events unfold across the city for Chicago Craft Beer Week. Among them: Goose Island hosts a May 20 pub crawl in the South Loop, and the Chicago History Museum digs deep into Chicago’s beer and bar past with trolley tours (multiple dates). A $10 “passport” gets you into most events; certain events have additional fees. Go to chibeerweek.com for the schedule and tickets.
What a riot
May 21: The Wine Riot, a traveling wine tasting, comes to the Great Hall at Union Station, 210 S. Canal. Taste your way through more than 250 wines, in two shifts — 1 to 5 p.m. or 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $50; second glass.com/wineriot.
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