Dining events: Two Brothers' beer dinner at Wild Monk
Two Brothers' beer dinner at Wild Monk
Two Brothers Brewery and Wild Monk partner up for a beer dinner beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Chef Mario Arroyo's multicourse meal includes passion fruit summer salad, crab won ton, roasted duck breast, Korean-style short rib, beer sorbet and upside-down cake. Featured beers are Wild Monk IPA, Sidekick Extra Pale Ale, Prairie Path Golden Ale, Northwind Imperial Stout, Ebel's Weiss and 19th anniversary Stout Style Barleywine. $50 per person plus gratuity. Wild Monk is at 88 S. La Grange Road, La Grange. (708) 255-2337 or wildmonkbar.com/.
Fiddlehead Cellars' wine dinner
Atwater's at the Herrington Inn & Spa hosts a five-course wine dinner featuring Fiddlehead Cellars beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Dinner includes a collection of hors d'oeuvres; pan-seared Hokkaido scallops; apricot-braised pork belly; braised Strauss farms veal short rib with fried sweetbreads; Colorado lamb chop crepinette; and chef's dessert. All courses are paired with Fiddlehead wines. $95 per person, not including tax and gratuity. Atwater's at The Herrington Inn & Spa is at 15 S. River Lane, Geneva. (630) 208-8920 or herringtoninn.com/.
Burger month at Weber Grill
May is national burger month, and Weber Grill celebrates with a burger bonus. Order any burger off the menu and make it a "Weber Way" burger for no additional charge. The "Weber Way" adds house-smoked chopped brisket and Merkts cheese. Weber Grill has suburban locations in Lombard at 2331 Fountain Square, (630) 953-8880, and Schaumburg at 1010 N. Meacham Road, (847) 413-0800. webergrillrestaurant.com/.