Night life: Shaw's serves up Pearl beer
Shaw's Pearl beer
Shaw's Crab House partnered with Goose Island to brew a commemorative beer for its 30th anniversary. That beer is Pearl, designed to pair with Shaw's seafood menu, in particular the oysters. An American-style lager, Pearl is known for its medium body and malty, mildly fruity flavor, with a touch of salinity and minerality from using oyster shells in the brewing process, as well as subtle citrus flavor from the use of roasted lemon peel. Available through early 2015 for $7 per pint at both Shaw's Crab House locations.
Shaw's Crab House, 1900 E. Higgins Road, Schaumburg. (847) 624-3886 or shawscrabhouse.com.
Caliendo's toy drive
Bring a toy into Caliendo's Restaurant and Bar through Dec. 22 and get an appetizer free (up to a $7 value). Toys go to patients in the pediatric oncology unit at Central DuPage Hospital. Drink specials include $5 Patrón Silver shots and $2.50 Bud Light bottles on Fridays; $4 Stella drafts and Patrón margaritas; and half-priced bottles of wine and $2 bottles of Bud Light on Sundays.
Caliendo's Restaurant and Bar, 0S050 Winfield Road, Winfield. (630) 690-1555 or caliendos.com.
Hawthorne's Wednesdays
Celebrate the halfway point at Hawthorne's Backyard where drink specials include $6 pitchers of domestic beers every Wednesday. Get in on all-you-can eat wings for $9.50. Team trivia starts at 8 p.m. and $1 tacos after 10 p.m.
Hawthorne's Backyard, 1200 W. Hawthorne Lane, West Chicago. (630) 293-6700 or hawthornesbackyard.com.
- Sara Hooker