Dining events: Lobster lovin' at Buca di Beppo

Summer lobster lovin'

New summer lobster specials will make everyone feel fine at Buca di Beppo. Choose from the lobster Caesar salad, the Lobster Fra Diavolo pizza and the lobster ravioli in a rosa sauce. Or try the lobster fonduta, which is lobster, fontina cheese and spicy tomatoes mixed together and baked until bubbly and served with garlic bread for $14.95.

Buca di Beppo is at 90 Yorktown Center, Lombard, (630) 932-7673, and 604 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, (848) 808-9898. Visit bucadibeppo.com.

Let's do lunch

The Lodge at Four Lakes is now serving lunch beginning at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Bring on the Cajun heat with menu “favorites” including sandwiches such as the firebird chicken sandwich and the “Moe” faletta blackened Cajun clucker. Or try the “Moe” moose burger, a 14-ounce 100 percent Angus beef patty served with lettuce, tomato and onion on a freshly baked seeded bun.

Monday through Saturday at The Lodge at Four Lakes, 5750 Lakeside Drive, Lisle. Call (630) 724-0450 or thelodgeatfourlakes.com.

Set sail and celebrate

Odyssey Cruises marry a celebration of independence with an explosion of flavor with its dinner cruise Monday, July 4. Guests board the boat at 6 p.m. and set sail from 7 to 10 p.m. The menu includes lobster bisque, Argentinean salmon and Odyssey's Signature Chocolate Truffle Torte. The evening features live entertainment and a fireworks display. The cost is $139.90 per person not including taxes and fees. Reservations required.

Odyssey Cruises leave from Navy Pier in Chicago. (866) 305-2469 or odyssey.com.