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Chicago Tribune
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Memorial Day 2025: 15 restaurant and bar specials in Chicago, including seafood boils and drag brunches
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, offering a long weekend to enjoy the weather while drinking plenty of rosé and beer and feasting on food best enjoyed outdoors like hot dogs and seafood boils. The weekend kicks off festival season, but also offers the opportunity to mark the holiday by supporting veterans and service members. However you'd like to celebrate, these 15 events have you covered. The Loop and Near North Side Chicago Burger Company at Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk The restaurant starts the season with a bash Saturday featuring giveaways, patio games, a DJ and treats for dogs, plus a menu of boozy shakes, frozen cocktails and mozzarella sticks. Stay until 10 p.m. to watch the Navy Pier fireworks. 301 E. North Water St., 312-464-1000, RPM Seafood Welcome summer with an all-you-can-eat seafood boil ($175) featuring blue crab, shrimp, sliced sausage, potatoes and roasted corn paired with white and rosé wines. The menu includes caviar deviled eggs, mini lobster rolls and a welcome limoncello or Aperol spritz. Noon and 1 p.m. Monday. 317 N. Clark St., 312-900-9035, Cody's Public House The dog-friendly bar hosts a doodle meetup from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, including free swag and pup cups plus $5 Kona Big Wave golden ale, Golden Monkey and Goldschlager. Play musical chairs at 2 p.m. Monday for a shot at winning a bucket or cooler from High Noon. Free hot dogs are available starting at 11 a.m. along with $4 mimosas, $8 draft margaritas and $6 Camarena tequila shots. 1658 W. Barry Ave., 773-799-8217, The Country Club Feast on all-you-can-eat crawfish, red potatoes, corn and andouille sausage along with $6 Malört shots, $8 hurricanes and $25 100-ounce Michelob Ultra Towers at the Wrigleyville bar's annual bash ($65). 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 3462 N. Clark St., 773-975-2010, Easy Street Pizza & Beer Garden Play patio games including checkers, Jenga and darts while enjoying $5 Modelo and $8 diner burgers with a side at the Portage Park bar's annual bash. Noon to 9 p.m. Monday. 3750 N. Central Ave., 773-993-0464, Kirkwood The sports bar hosts a pre-Memorial Day party at 11 a.m. Sunday featuring $7 Michelob Ultra and Miller Lite stadium cups, $8 green tea shots and $9 Svedka transfusions with a DJ at 9 p.m. The beer special will also be offered Monday, when the bar opens at 3 p.m. 2934 N. Sheffield Ave., 773-770-0700, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club Join Shantell D'marco and Angelicia Maria for an Americana sing-a-long drag brunch at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday that includes breakfast pastries, Caesar salad, chilaquiles and free-flowing mimosas for $79. Kylee Hunter performs during a drag dinner at 6 and 8 p.m. Sunday that includes appetizers for the table, a choice of entree and two martinis for $72. 3700 N. Halsted St., 773-525-1111, Lark The Northalsted bar celebrates all weekend with $5 Bud Light and drag brunches featuring bottomless drinks and performances by Pixel at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and America Powers Monday. 3441 N. Halsted St. 773-799-8968, Lottie's Pub Put together a care package for soldiers and veterans as part of Crown Royal's Purple Bag Project. The bar offers samples of the whisky along with $5 Twisted Tea, $7 Crown shots, $8 Crown cocktails and $9 BLTs. Noon to 4 p.m. Monday. 1925 W. Cortland St., 773-489-0738, Mayfestiversary The ninth annual bash hosted by Begyle Brewing and Dovetail Brewery features special beer taps, food trucks, DJs and kids' activities. A $5 suggested donation benefits The Friendship Center, a local food pantry. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Ravenswood and Belle Plaine avenues, Frontier Catch live music from Dillon Riley during a country brunch featuring $12 fried chicken sliders, $12 biscuits and gravy, $10 cowboy boots filled with sangria or whiskey punch, raffles and giveaways. Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. 1072 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-772-4322, Heritage Restaurant and Caviar Bar The restaurant celebrates its Midwestern supper club roots with a four-day celebration kicking off from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday with a taco pop-up and a fish fry on the patio from noon to 10 p.m. Friday. Enjoy wood-smoked prime rib and an old-fashioned from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday and snack on roasted oysters from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. 2700 W. Chicago Ave., 773-661-9577, Ina Mae Tavern Feast on two pounds of boiled crawfish for $39 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. The bash also features live music from 1 to 4 p.m., $10 hurricanes and $5 bayou brews. 1415 N. Wood St., 773-360-8320, Mac's Wood Grilled Celebrate throughout the weekend with summery specials including $12 smoked cheddar brats with fries and 3 Floyds vodka soda for $5, watermelon mules and Pink Whitney vodka lemonades. 1801 W. Division St., 773-782-4400, Blues, Brews & BBQ Fest at The Forge Adventure Park & Ziplines Listen to live blues music at this festival ($13-$18) while sampling beer from more than 15 regional breweries, including Miskatonic Brewing and New Holland Brewing and food from Smokin' Z BBQ and Marino's Kitchen. Noon to 6:30 p.m. Saturday. 227 Heritage Quaries Drive, Lemont,
Axios
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Malört vs. Fireball: Philly's new liquor rivalry
Some Chicagoans swear by Malört — others swear at it. Why it matters: The polarizing liquor is finally on Pennsylvania shelves — and we're waiting to see if it challenges Fireball, our best-selling spirit, for top shelf. There's even a freakin' book about the bitter-tasting brand. Driving the debate: Philadelphians are still too naive to debate the pros and cons of Malört so we turned to the real pros: Axios Chicago teammates Monica Eng, Carrie Shepherd and Justin Kaufmann for their insights. What they're saying: Eng is a Malört convert who initially hated the drink the first couple of times she tried it. But then she had it with an Old Style — as part of a drink called the Chicago Handshake. It tastes like "a bit of butterscotch" that "drifts into grapefruit rind and finishes with burnt rubber bands," Eng tells us. How to drink it: "Don't," Shepherd warns Philadelphians. "It's the aftertaste that gets you and it doesn't hit immediately. Take a breath, THEN chase it with the champagne of beers. Or just Champagne."
Eater
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
‘The Bear' Season 4 Trailer Counts Down Toward Chaos
This morning, the Season 4 trailer for The Bear dropped, whetting fans' appetites for dramatic scenes of table setting, sauce tasting, and mental breakdowns in the walk-in. All 10 episodes will be released on Hulu on Wednesday, June 25. Here are our first impressions. Suffice to say, spoilers? A digital clock ticks down from 1,339 days, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds, with Uncle James 'Cicero' Kalinowski warning that when the time reaches zero, they'll have run out of money and the restaurant will 'need to cease operations.' Translation? Unless an angel investor emerges or something else leads to a turnaround, the Bear has a little more than 59 days before it lands on the shutter report. In TV time, that's 10 episodes. Speaking of an investor, it appears some sort of tasting is going on with the staff serving a meal to a pair of gentlemen that they badly need to impress. A few of the workers from the fictionalized version of Ever, which closed in Season 3, return. Jessica (Sarah Ramos) and Garrett (Andrew Lopez) appear to have found new jobs at the Bear. Carmy Berzatto reaches for the handle to the walk-in, bringing fans back to the end of Season 2, where he was trapped in his cavalcade of emotions. His sister, Natalie Berzatto, tells him, 'I don't want you to hide from things.' The trailer focuses on chaos as a theme with Carmy battling his demons with Sydney telling him: 'I get it — chaos and turmoil — but it's a problem when you let it fuel you and fuel the food.' Perhaps Chaos Cooking isn't so cool anymore? Carmy seemingly takes Sydney's words to heart: 'I don't want this place to be chaos. You know that, right?' Characters take turns reading a restaurant review (presumably the Chicago Tribune's, teased in Season 3), and it doesn't sound positive as 'consistency seems to be the weak link.' Brutal. Maybe Carmy will take the Thomas Keller (who appears in Season 3) approach to dining critics. Instead of bong soup, Malört could play a role! Talk about cultural appropriation, chef. teased in Season 3), and it doesn't sound positive as 'consistency seems to be the weak link.' Brutal. Maybe Carmy will take the Thomas Keller (who appears in Season 3) approach to dining critics. Instead of bong soup, Malört could play a role! Talk about cultural appropriation, chef. The review complains that the menu is always changing. Sounds a little like how Michelin reacted to Next before giving and awarding Grant Achatz's restaurant a star in 2020. A glimpse of a menu shows nine courses, including two desserts (so-hot-right-now princess cake and chocolate velouté). Beef tenderloin comes with cherry jus, perhaps a nod to the Italian beef. Or just a coincidence. We get a shot of Natalie and Pete's baby in bed. There's a wedding. We don't know whose wedding. Mama Berzotto (Jamie Lee Curtis) shows up, too! Will she ruin the celebration? And though there's still no official word that Season 4 will be the finale, weddings are often used as TV bookends. The trailer is free of cameos, including celebrity chefs or Chicago restaurants. The CTA gets plenty of love, which is ironic because locals are fed up with the transit system's woes. There's zero mention of Chicago's very own Pope Leo XIV. Perhaps there's an opportunity for reshoots. And what of Chicago's own Steve Urkel? I guess we'll all find out in June. Sign up for our newsletter.
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Deep Dish Pizza and Malört in the Vatican? Chicago Pope Spurs Memes
Deep-dish pizza shall be served in place of communion wafers. Michael Jordan shall be declared the Greatest Of All Time. And the Trevi Fountain shall be dyed green. If internet memes became reality, Pope Leo XIV of Dolton, Ill., a southern suburb of Chicago, would turn Vatican City into Downtown Chicago, complete with a reflective kidney bean statue and carts serving ketchup-less hot dogs. Malört — Chicago's unofficial liquor with a burning-tires aftertaste — would replace red wine as a symbol of the blood of Christ. These and other whimsical suggestions started popping up on social media moments after Robert Francis Prevost's Chicago roots came to light on Thursday. 'Canes nostros ipse comedit,' the marquee at Wieners Circle, a famous Chicago hot dog joint, joked in Latin. 'He has eaten our dogs.' Chicago drips with personality, has larger-than-life cultural figures and its fair share of corrupt politics, all of which are mixed with a touch of little-brother syndrome, making it a uniquely meme-able city. The food is polarizing, the history is stranger than fiction, and the traditions — like dying the river green on St. Patrick's Day and playing softball without gloves — are somewhat bizarre. 'We definitely don't take ourselves too seriously,' said Shermann Thomas, 43, a Chicago historian who also goes by the name Dilla. 'The only rule is we don't want anybody else talking crap about us.' If the new pope found himself scrolling through social media, he would perhaps get a chuckle at the memes that ribbed Chicago for its quirks and poked at the paradox of a modern city entwining with a 2000-year-old tradition. The jokes were so plentiful that people started posting their drafts of jokes that didn't quite make the cut. 'The existence of Chicago Pope implies the existence of MLA Pope and APA Pope,' a user posted. Another user joked, 'Chicago Pope, Tuesdays on NBC.' In a city filled with diehard sports fans who have had little to celebrate of late, the sports jokes wrote themselves. Could this be the first time a pope has ever listened to 'The Super Bowl Shuffle' or screamed at Steve Bartman? What is his opinion about the Chicago Bulls trading Elton Brand for Tyson Chandler? 'Daaaaaa Pope,' the Chicago Bears' quarterback Caleb Williams posted on X. Artificial intelligence, which is usually contributing to brain rot or helping high school students cheat, was working overtime at making some quality memes. Fake images of the pope baptizing an Italian beef sandwich and wearing a Chicago Bears cassock circulated. For Mr. Thomas, the city historian, a lot of the city's humor comes from how many different cultures fit themselves inside such a small area. Only Chicago could be home to Al Capone, the Latin Kings and the pope, he said. This story could go on for another 500 words, filled with silly Chicago pope jokes. And it would be delightful. But we'll leave you with perhaps the most relatable meme of the day: 'The Popemobile just cut you off on I-94.'
Fast Company
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fast Company
Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV is already drowning in deep dish memes
White smoke at the Vatican can only signal one thing: A new pope has been elected. But online? A flurry of memes are roasting the traditions of the Pope's midwestern roots. Just hours after the conclave concluded, electing Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Provost as pontiff (who will now go by the name Leo XIV), users all over social media are taking part in stereotype-laden antic, associating the Pope with deep pizza, sports, and, of course, Malört. The r/Chicago Reddit thread is flooding with papacy-related memes. In one post, an image of a Catholic priest holding the sacramental bread has been edited to turn the wafer into a Chicago-style deep dish pizza. The post's caption reads, 'Coming this Sunday to a Vatican near you.' (Never mind that most Chicagoans prefer thin crust.) the communion wafers are deep dish now — Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) May 8, 2025 Another user made a similar joke on X, saying 'the communion wafers are deep dish now.' Another X post poked fun at Malört, a self-punishing spirit popular among Chicago bars, saying 'Cannot wait for holy water & wine to be replaced by Malort & Old Style.' AI images that feature the pontiff sporting Chicago Bears merchandise are widely circulating social media. In one image posted on Reddit, a user commented, 'Chicago produced a pope before a 4000 yd passer.' On TikTok, one user posted a skit pretending to be the new Pope. 'I just got a call from God, saying that deep dish pizza is real pizza,' he said. A user commented on the video saying, 'Blessed be the children of god across the entire world, except those who live in Green Bay.' An American Pope from Chicago. God help us all. — chefkids (@girlflopping) May 8, 2025 Many users on X also likened the Pope to the fictional Chicago-native protagonist of The Bear, featuring clips from the TV show. A post featuring Chef Carmy screaming is captioned, 'An American Pope from Chicago. God help us all.' the pope from chicago receiving a message from god — patrick. (@imPatrickT) May 8, 2025 Another post, referencing stills from the show's season 1 finale, was captioned 'the pope from Chicago receiving a message from god.' The message in question? 'I love you dude. Let it rip.' As memes continue to flood social media, the internet's reaction might best be described by one user on X: 'Announced to my office (we live in chicago) about the new pope and the immediate millennial reaction was 'oh the memes are gonna be amazing.'
