Dining out: Detroit-style pizza, 50-cent all-you-can-eat pancakes and more
Detroit-style is a vastly underrated genre of pizza, but diners will soon be able to enjoy it at a new spot in Bartlett. You can also head to Crystal Lake to help an iconic restaurant celebrate 50 years with all-you-can-eat pancakes for 50 cents.
Hip to be a square
Thankfully, Detroit-style pizza is becoming more popular nationally, and a familiar place in Bartlett is going to be dishing it out soon.
Atlas Chicken in Bartlett is dividing its space at 1048 Army Trail Road and dedicating half to the new Squares Pizza Pub.
The new space will be open in about a month and will feature the unique thick and square pan pizza known for its crispy edges.
If you don’t want to wait to try Detroit-native chef Blaine Jones’ creation, sister restaurant Preservation in Geneva will host an all-you-can-eat pizza night on Thursday, May 28.
Two seatings are available and reservations can be made on Tock. It’s $37 and includes a beer or glass of wine and gratuity.
Happy anniversary
Around the Clock Restaurant & Bakery at 5011 Northwest Hwy. in Crystal Lake is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a week of all-you-can-eat pancakes for 50 cents as a nod to five decades in the community. The offer lasts through Saturday, May 24.
Co-owners Fano and Steve Theofanous say they’ve served over 10 million meals in the past 50 years at the family-owned restaurant, which was opened by their father George and partner Pete Aivaliotis in 1975.
Sweet and savory
Two longtime tastes of Chicago, Buona and The Original Rainbow Cone, opened a dual-branded location in Gurnee this week. The side-by-side location brings more than 140 years of Chicago-area tradition under one roof at 7360 Grand Ave.
The brands have been expanding the dual-location concept, recently opening in Wisconsin, Florida and California, with another coming soon in Tennessee.
Dinner and a movie
Tempel Farms Organics in Old Mill Creek will host a special five-course farm dinner and debut a new documentary about the their work and the importance of organic and regenerative farming by Melissa and Marc Tantillo of Siège on Sunday, June 1.
The celebration of organic farming will feature dishes by chef Q Ibraheem and Melissa Tantillo. An optional wine pairing will be curated by sommeliers Jerel Hall and Rebecca Button of Thelma Carol Wine Merchants.
The documentary, filmed during the 2024 season highlighting the farm and its manager Greg Fitzgerald, will be shown during the dessert course.
Tickets are $150 at Eventbrite, with the optional wine pairing for an extra $70.
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