Night life events: Let the headbanging out
Metal Night at Penny Road
Bang your head at Penny Road Pub at Metal Night Friday, Feb. 15. Drink specials include $3 well drinks, $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon cans, $3 shots and $4 Becks cans. The band lineup includes Genus and Blackwater. Satisfy those late-night cravings with a 14-inch, one-topping pizza for $6. No cover.
Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, Barrington. (847) 428-0562 or pennyroadpub.com.
Irish Mill presents
The Irish Mill Inn jams out on the first Friday of lent with Whitey O'Day from 6 to 9 p.m. and Terry Spizzirri from 9:30 to 1 a.m. Friday drink specials rotate weekly but will likely include $4.50 20-ounce drafts of Guinness, Harp and Smithwick's and $3 Killian's Irish Red. No cover. Stop in early for the fish fry.
Irish Mill Inn, 26592 N. Route 83, Mundelein. (847) 566-7044 or irishmillinn.com.
Thirsty's thirst-quencher
Quench that thirst at the Thirsty Whale Bar and Grill with everyday drink specials that include $3 domestic pints and bottles and $4 Mai Tais and Long Island cocktails. Catch the band X-factor Saturday, Feb. 16. No cover. Come by Sunday for a hair of the dog: $4 Guinness Bloody Marys, $12 domestic buckets, $4 Southern Comfort shots and half-priced pizza.
Thirsty Whale Bar and Grill, 1700 S. Randall Road, Algonquin. (847) 458-8555 or thirstywhalebar.com.