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Dining out: Glen Ellyn Restaurant Week, another Dave & Buster’s opening and more

Posted February 21, 2024 8:07 am

Rick West

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Glen Ellyn’s restaurant week runs from Friday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, March 3, and includes about 20 eateries and bars. Courtesy of the Alliance of Downtown Glen Ellyn

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the new Dave & Buster’s location in Schaumburg has canceled the previously announced promotion that was supposed to take place from 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 1.

Restaurant week in Glen Ellyn

Over 20 restaurants and bars will participate in Glen Ellyn’s restaurant week from Friday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, March 3. OK, so it’s 10 days, not a week, but all the better for you to experience the specials at local establishments including Five O Four Kitchen, a toda madre, Reserve 22, Sushi Ukai, fire + wine, Two Hound Red, Lewey Q's Tap, Noble House, Maize + Mash, The Parlour at Park & Oak, Marinella Ristorante, Chocolaterie Stam, Santa Fe Restaurant, kō-zē Wine Room, Made In Italy, King Crab, Main Street Pub and Ellyn's Tap & Grill. Head to downtownglenellyn.com/restaurant-week for the full list of special offerings.

Beer beach bash

The 9th Annual Lake County Craft Beer Festival comes to Grayslake Saturday, Feb. 24, this year with a beach bash theme. The event features dozens of local, regional and national breweries, distilleries and wineries sampling specialty and seasonal drinks, plus music, food, games and entertainment. General admission for the event is $50 and includes a souvenir tasting glass and 25 drink sample tickets from 5-9 p.m. Activities include an escape room, ax throwing, larger-than-life beer bong, corn hole and a beach bash costume contest. Go to lcfairgrounds.com/craftbeerfest for details and to buy tickets.

Dave & Buster’s is opening its new Schaumburg location in The Streets of Woodfield on Monday, Feb. 26. Courtesy of Dave & Buster's

Another week, another Dave & Buster’s opening

There’s more big-time fun on the way as Dave & Buster’s is opening its new Schaumburg location in The Streets of Woodfield at 601 N. Martingale Road on Monday, Feb. 26. It’s the fifth Illinois D&B location and comes on the heels of last week’s reopening in Rosemont after a remodel.

Stan’s Donuts is offering a free half dozen doughnuts on Feb. 29 for anybody with a leap year birthday. Courtesy of Stan's Donuts

Leap Day birthday treat

Stan’s Donut’s and Coffee has a treat in store for all those Leap Day birthday folks who might feel slighted three out of every four years. This year, all doughnut lovers born on Feb. 29 will receive a free half dozen doughnuts to celebrate on their birthday. The offer is available in-store only at all Stan's Donut locations. And make sure you bring your ID.

Insane in the Grains Beer Dinner

Alter Brewing + Kitchen in St. Charles will hold its second beer dinner of the year on Thursday, Feb. 29, with a spotlight on grains. The $85-per-person five-course meal will be paired with five Alter beers. Start off with tuna tartare with popped amaranth on an avocado base and ginger oil, followed by a second course of stuffed polenta balls with fig jam filling. Course three features barley sweet potato cream soup topped with braised short rib and cauliflower cream. Next, dine on a seafood risotto and sea bass. Roasted buckwheat custard with sweet vanilla and chocolate shavings finishes the meal. Make reservations for the 7 p.m. dinner at OpenTable.

Bunker Hill Farms, a private resort in McHenry County, is hosting a Farm-to-Table charity dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Courtesy of Bunker Hill Farms

Farm-to-table charity dinner

Bunker Hill Farms, a private resort in McHenry County, is hosting a Farm-to-Table charity dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2. The $200-per-person dinner will feature courses such as a winter salad and pork rillettes and mostarda. All proceeds from the dinner directly benefit Bunker Hill Charities, a granting agency for other local nonprofits devoted to supporting societal change and improving the quality of living for Northwestern Illinois communities and neighboring areas. Reserve your spot by emailing info@bhcharities.org.

On Sunday, March 3, Carrabba’s restaurants nationwide will donate $3 from any Trios for a Cure dish ordered and will also match the donation, making it $6 per order, to fund Triple Negative Breast Cancer research. Courtesy of Carrabba’s

Carrabba’s Trio for a Cure

Carrabba’s Italian Grill is helping put the spotlight on a rare and aggressive form of cancer with a fundraising campaign to benefit the Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Foundation. On Sunday, March 3, Carrabba’s restaurants nationwide will donate $3 from any Trios for a Cure dish ordered and will also match the donation, making it $6 per order, to fund TNBC research. The Trios for a Cure dishes include the Classic Combinations appetizer, the Chicken Trio, the Johnny Trio and the Carrabba’s Italian Classic Trio. Triple negative breast cancer differs from other types of invasive breast cancer in that it tends to grow and spread faster, has fewer treatment options and tends to have a worse prognosis. One hundred percent of the donations received will help fund TNBC research. You can find Carrabba’s in Woodridge.

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