Dining events: Morton's turns to ocean platters for Lent

Morton's Lent ocean platters

Morton's serves up two ocean platters for your Lent observation. The chilled platter includes Maine lobster, jumbo shrimp cocktail, jumbo lump crabmeat, oysters on the half-shell and Alaska king crab legs for $28 per person. Or the baked platter with sea scallops wrapped in bacon, jumbo lump crabcakes, grilled oysters and jumbo shrimp Alexander for $26 per person. Morton's The Steakhouse has suburban locations at 1751 Freedom Drive, Naperville, (630) 577-1372; 1470 McConnor Parkway, Schaumburg, (847) 413-8771; and 9525 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, (847) 678-5155. Mortons.com.

SugarToad's Earth Hour dinner

SugarToad honors Earth Hour with a sustainable supper: a three-course, candlelit dinner with wine pairings that begins at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25. Supper includes options like the grilled sustainable wild sea scallops on heirloom tomato tarta; organic vegetable risotto with asparagus, carrots and heirloom tomatoes; and organic raspberry creme brulee. $60 per person. SugarToad Restaurant at the Hotel Arista is at 2139 City Gate Lane, Naperville. (630) 778-8623 or sugartoad.com.

El Tapeo fetes national paella day

El Tapeo, which specializes in Spanish tapas, celebrates National Paella Day on Monday, March 27, with $5 off any paella. Try a wide range of paella, including: Paella Catalan, with squid ink, lobster, clams, mussels, bomba rice, peppers, onions and lemon aioli; Paella de Diablo, made with spicy chorizo, shrimp, chicken, peas, peppers, onions and spicy aioli; and Paella de Verduras, made with peas, peppers, onions, mushrooms, saffron rice and tofu, and more. El Tapeo is at 2100 Spring Road, Oak Brook. (630) 828-2044 or eltapeorestaurant.com.