Dining events: Spend Saturday with Reel Club's king crab lunch

Reel Club's king crab lunch special

Embrace patio season on the Reel Club patio that seats 60. Dine in the sun or shade with umbrellas at each table and try the popular Saturday king crab lunch special: one pound of steamed red king crab legs, jalapeño cornbread, yukon gold potatoes and signature coleslaw for $24.95. Available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Reel Club is at 233 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook. (630) 368-9400 or reel-club.com.

Eddie Merlot's flow

Eddie Merlot's lets it flow throughout the month of August with wine flight specials. Try the red wine flight of four for $26 that includes the Belle Glos Dairyman Pinot Noir, the Col Solare Cabernet, the Emmolo Merlot and the Catello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino. Or the white wine flights: three for $13 that include King Estate Pinot Gris, the Pazo De Senorans Albarino and the Pahlmeyer Jayson Chardonnay. Or try the red and white flight of seven wines for $38. Eddie Merlot's has locations in Lincolnshire, Warrenville, and Burr Ridge. Eddiemerlots.com.

Gene & Georgetti opens in Rosemont

Gene & Georgetti recently opened a suburban steakhouse in Rosemont that features a 3,600-square-foot dining room, 1,300-square-foot bar and lounge area, two private dining rooms and a fireplace room, as well as an adjacent event and wedding venue called The Estate by Gene & Georgetti. It's the first expansion for the Chicago steakhouse, which opened in River North in 1941. Gene & Georgetti is at 9421 W. Higgins Road, Rosemont. (847) 653-3300 or geneand georgetti.com.