Dining events: 2017 Easter specials across the suburbs

Bub City Rosemont

Bub City does brunch and bloodies from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, with a special visit from the Easter Bunny. The brunch menu includes fried chicken and waffles and beef brisket benedict or hit the build-your-own bloody mary bar. Stick around for live music from noon to 2 p.m. Bub City Rosemont is at 5441 Park Place, Rosemont. (847) 261-0399 or Bub-City.com.

Reel Club Oak Brook

Reel Club serves Easter brunch from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 16. The spread includes a shellfish station, assorted sushi, carved prime rib and ham, an omelet station, a waffle bar, a risotto station and other traditional Easter dishes. $47.95 adults, $19.95 kids 12 and younger, plus tax and gratuity. The regular dinner menu will not be available. Reel Club Oak Brook is at 272 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook. (630) 368-9400 or reel-club.com.

Saranello's

Saranello's opens from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, for a special brunch that includes design-your-own-omelets and waffles, a carvery station, a smoked fish table, pasta stations, shrimp cocktail and ceviche, desserts, as well as make-your-own-mimosa stations for adults and candle tables for kids. $39.95 adults, kids half-price, plus tax and gratuity. Saranello's is in the Westin Chicago North Shore, 601 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling. (847) 777-6878 or saranellos.com.

Shaw's Crab House

Shaw's Crab House offers both a brunch and dinner buffet from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Brunch includes a cold seafood and salad bar, a grand hot buffet, a build-your-own omelet station, slow-roasted bone-in ham and the Shaw's Sweets Table. Dinner buffet includes Chef's Table selections like the roasted leg of lamb and Chesapeake fried chicken. Both cost $49 adults, $10 kids 7-12, and free for kids 6 and younger. The Easter Bunny appears between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Shaw's Crab House is at 1900 E. Higgins Road, Schaumburg. (847) 517-2722 or shawscrabhouse.com.

Tuscany Wheeling

Tuscany Wheeling serves up Easter from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Select items from eight stations including breakfast, seafood, carving, omelet, Italian, salad, antipasto, dessert and a special kids' station. $39.95 adults; $19.95 kids 10 and younger. The regular dinner menu begins at 4 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Tuscany Wheeling is at 550 S. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling. (847) 465-9988 or tuscanychicago.com.

210

210 offers up an Easter buffet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday that includes deviled eggs, smoked whitefish salad with mini bagels, chopped liver, cucumber dill salad, 5 bean salad, sweet potato salad, asparagus polonaise, scalloped potatoes, corn pudding, salmon en croute, blintzes, pit-smoked ham, and pit-smoked legs of lamb, as well as an eggs Benedict station with traditional, Florentine or lox-style eggs Benedict and several dessert choices. $35 adults and $15 kids 11 and younger. 210 is at 210 Green Bay Road, Highwood. (847) 433-0304 or 210restaurant.com.

El Tapeo

El Tapeo offers a blended brunch buffet and a-la-carte items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The day includes specialty brunch cocktails, live entertainment and activities for kids. $49.95 adults, $24.95 kids 6-12; free for kids 5 and younger. El Tapeo is at 2100 Spring Road, Oak Brook. (630) 828-2044 or eltapeorestaurant.com.

Kinfork

Kinfork serves up an a la carte Easter brunch menu from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday that includes a complimentary ice cream sundae bar. Brunch includes cinnamon roll griddlecakes with whipped vanilla butter for $11; Florentine omelet with arugula, tomatoes and goat cheese breakfast potatoes for $12; brioche French toast with triple berry sauce for $11; and a breakfast sandwich with fried egg, smoky bacon, chipotle mayo, arugula, tomato and onion on a toasted pretzel bun with breakfast potatoes for $13. Kinfork American BBQ and Tap is at 5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg. (847) 610-3958 or kinforkrestaurant.com.

Mon Ami Gabi

Mon Ami Gabi serves brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday followed by dinner from 3 to 8 p.m. Try the classic quiche lorraine and salmon hash brown benedict or waffle bananas foster or creme brulee French toast. All kids leave with a sweet Easter treat. Mon Ami Gabi is at 5260 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook. (630) 472-1900 or monamigabi.com.

Kings Bowl

Make reservations to eat at Kings Bowl Rosemont on Easter and get bumped to the front of the bowling line with the special lane packages available under the “eat then bowl” reservations. Kings Bowl is at 5505 Park Place, Rosemont. (847) 233-0099 or KingsBowlAmerica.com.

Rack House

Rack House serves up a breakfast feast with a brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. It includes house-smoked salmon, triple sec battered brioche French toast, 12-hour hickory smoked Carolina pulled pork, an omelet station, and a carving station with hickory-smoked prime rib and oak-smoked honey-glazed ham. $29 adults, $12.99 kids 12 and younger. Rack House Kitchen and Tavern is at 222 E. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights. (847) 640-7225 or rackhousetavern.com.

Retro Bistro Crystal Lake

Retro Bistro Crystal Lake hosts a three-course champagne brunch from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday featuring eats like Florida crab and shrimp cakes, homemade brioche apple French toast, grilled Scottish salmon and fresh strawberry shortcake. Drinks like champagne, mimosa or retro bloody marys cost $7 or unlimited champagne is $15. Retro Bistro Crystal Lake is at 83 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. (815) 893-4465 or RetroBistro.com.

Devon Seafood + Steak

Devon Seafood + Steak offers a three-course Easter prix fixe menu from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. First course, choose from a baby greens salad, Caesar salad, Maine lobster bisque, or spinach and watercress. Second course choices are: six-ounce center-cut filet, seared Georges Bank scallops, mesquite-grilled Atlantic salmon, 14-ounce bone-in pork chop, jumbo lump crabcakes, four-ounce center-cut filet with seared sea scallops or jumbo lump crabcake with whipped yukon gold potatoes and grilled asparagus. Desserts include vanilla bean creme brulee, lava cake, berries and cream or apple croustade. For an eight-ounce filet, add $8, with a choice of two sides. $42 per person. Devon + Seafood is at 17W400 22nd St., Oakbrook Terrace. (630) 516-0180 or devonseafood.com.

Perry's Steakhouse and Grille

Perry's Steakhouse and Grille opens early at 11 a.m. on Easter Sunday. The restaurant will serve a three-course meal from 4 to 9 p.m. Choose a salad: wedge, spinach and warm bacon vinaigrette salad, Caesar salad, butcher's chop salad with Perry's Italian dressing, Kale salad with jalapeño mint vinaigrette, or the field green, pear and candied pecan salad. The entree is Perry's famous pork chop. Finish it off with the dessert trio of vanilla bean creme brulee with fresh berries, praline cheesecake and Perry's chocolate crunch. $29.95 per person. Perry's Steakhouse and Grille is at 5 Oakbrook Court, Oak Brook. (630) 571-1808 or perryssteakhouse.com.

Tuscany Oak Brook

Tuscany Oak Brook serves Easter specialty items from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Try the Granchio Reale, an Alaskan king crab salad, mango, avocado, compote, tomatoes, passion fruit dressing and frisee salad for $16 or the Spaghettini al Gamberetti, spaghetti noodles, roasted jumbo shrimp, zucchini, spicy shrimp tomato cream sauce and shaved green onions for $24. Easter items range from $9 to $34. Regular menu also available. Tuscany Oak Brook is at 1415 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook. (630) 990-1993 or TuscanyChicago.com.

Hofbrauhaus

The Easter Bunny hits up Hofbrauhaus from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Order off the special Easter menu, which includes Bayrische Kartoffelsuppe, creamy Bavarian potato soup with veggies, sliced sausage and croutons, for $5.99 per cup or $8.99 per bowl; smoked salmon deviled eggs garnished with dill and fried capers on arugula and shaved fennel for $12.99; Geschmorten Lammhaxen, braised lamb shank with green beans, roasted red potatoes and rosemary gravy, for $24.99; Entenbraten, roasted duck with potato dumplings, red cabbage and rosemary duck sauce, for $25.99; Knusprige Schweinshaxen, crispy pork shank with Bavarian cabbage and bacon salad, potato and bread dumplings and HB dark beer gravy, for $25.99; and creme brulee for $9.99. Hofbrauhaus is at 5500 Park Place, Rosemont. (847) 671-2739 or hofbrauhauschicago.com.

Morton's The Steakhouse

Morton's does Easter with surf and turf. From 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, the center-cut filet mignon and baked Maine lobster will be $56. The full dinner menu will be available. Reservations recommended. Morton's The Steakhouse has locations in Rosemont, Naperville and Schaumburg. Mortons.com.

The RAM Restaurant and Brewery

Kids eat for $1 at The RAM on Easter Sunday. With the purchase of each adult's full-price entree, kids 12 and younger can choose from the kids' menu for just a dollar. RAM will be serving house favorites like the Big Red's IPA baby back ribs, Harris ranch sirloin steak, wild Alaskan salmon, and Southern fried chicken with biscuits and gravy. The Potts' signature 18 ounce Proud Mary Bloody Marys are just $5 on Sunday. The RAM has locations in Wheeling, Rosemont and Schaumburg. theram.com/.

Real Urban Barbecue cooks for you

Real Urban Barbecue offers to do the hard work for you. Order RUB for pick up between Friday and Sunday. The takeout menu includes slow-smoked prime rib, sliced smoked Michigan turkey breast, whole smoked bone-in Berkshire pork, sliced smoked ham, sides like the homemade au gratin potatoes, sweet potato souffle and golden corn bake as well as desserts like chicky cupcakes, rainbow cake balls and three-layer carrot cake. Prices vary. Real Urban Barbecue has suburban locations in Vernon Hills, Oak Brook and Highland Park. RealUrbanBBQ.com.