Dining events: Potbelly spices up its menu with new fall items

Potbelly's fall flavors

Potbelly adds a kick to fall with some new menu items. The buffalo chicken mac and cheese is made with all-natural chicken breast and Frank's RedHot sauce. It's $5.05 for a cup or $7.05 for a bowl. The new buffalo chicken sandwich, which comes slathered in Frank's RedHot sauce and is topped with blue cheese crumbles and buttermilk ranch on toasted bread, goes for $6. The pumpkin pie cookie made with cinnamon and nutmeg is just $1.30. Potbelly has locations throughout the suburbs. potbelly.com/

Real Urban Barbecue's takeout menu

Real Urban Barbecue offers a special takeout menu available Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 11-12, in honor of Yom Kippur. Choose from whole or half pans of hickory smoked turkey, 14-hour smoked and sliced brisket, smoked sliced turkey, dry-rubbed whole chicken, apricot chicken breast, burned ends, and dry-rubbed and smoked side of salmon. Plus, there are salads, desserts, and sides like Parisian honey-glazed carrots, herb-roasted new potatoes, roasted root vegetables, sweet potato souffle, buttermilk mashed potatoes, creamed spinach and maple-roasted Brussels sprouts. Real Urban Barbecue has suburban locations at 1260 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, (847) 613-1227; 2119 Clearwater Drive, Oak Brook, (630) 908-4380; and 610 Central Ave. #177, Highland Park, (224) 770-4227. RealUrbanBBQ.com.

Fourteensixteen's weekend brunch

Restaurant and bar fourteensixteen, which recently opened in La Grange, now offers weekend brunch. Known for its wine cave and rooftop terrace, fourteensixteen rolls out an American craft brunch menu that includes lobster deviled eggs, carrot cake pancakes, pork shoulder hash, omelets and brunch cocktails. Brunch items range from $8 to $15 and are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Fourteensixteen is at 14 W. Calendar Ave., La Grange. (708) 469-7896 or 1416lagrange.com/.