Dining events: Get a heart-shaped Olive Theory pizza for mom, get one free
Olive Theory's mom love
Olive Theory loves your mom. Heart-shaped pizzas are buy one, get one free Friday through Sunday. Choose a whole-wheat crust, house-made crust or gluten-free crust. Customize it the way you want or try the specialty Mother's Day heartwarming pizza, a wheat crust with a classic red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, spinach, mushrooms and parmesan cheese for $8.63. Olive Theory Pizzeria is at 1400A Butterfield Road, Downers Grove. (630) 519-5152 or olivetheorypizzeria.com.
Mon Ami Gabi's French nightclub wine dinner
Visit Mon Ami Gabi's Moulin Rouge-era French nightclub at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, with a cancan show and wine dinner. Louis Latour wines complement the dinner menu, which is still being finalized. Word on the street: It will include a variety of passed hors d'oeuvres, grilled shrimp in a spicy lime butter sauce and possibly pork in a leek sauce. $75 per person, tax and gratuity not included. Mon Ami Gabi is at 260 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook. (630) 472-1900 or monamigabi.com.
Sugar Factory's weekend brunch
In addition to candies and ice cream and specialty coffees, the Sugar Factory offers brunch until 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The menu includes items like the smoked salmon omelet, with Alaskan smoked salmon, asparagus, roasted yukon gold potatoes and chives served with dill cream fraiche for $15.95; or the Sugar Factory eggs Benedict made with two poached farm fresh eggs, Canadian bacon, Parmesan and grilled asparagus on an English muffin topped with homemade hollandaise and served with hash browns for $14.95. Sugar Factory is at 5445 Park Place, Rosemont. (847) 233-9010 or SugarFactory.com.
Perry's 79-cent chop
Perry's Steakhouse and Grille is throwing it back to the good old days with a new #FlashbackFriday promotion. Follow Perry's on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to learn. A TBD Friday in the near future will be 79-cent pork chop day. The first 100 people in line that day get Perry's famous pork chop, a seven-finger high cut, for just 79 cents. Perry's Steakhouse and Grille is at 5 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook. (630) 571-1808 or perryssteakhouse.com.