Night life: Grand Cru hosts free wine tasting
Wine for nothing
What's better than wine for less? Wine for nothing. Grand Cru Wine Merchants is hosting a free tasting of wines from Elderton winery, one of Australia's top wineries, as well as a 2003 Command Shiraz and 1998 cabernet sauvignon.
6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at Grand Cru Wine Merchants, 1826 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. (847) 392-9463 or gcwines.net.
Playoff preparation
The Bears vs. Packers game is coming up and it's important to get a handle on where the best drink specials might exist. A decent place to start is Jimmy's Grill, where Sunday drink deals include $3 Miller Lite, MGD, MGD 64, High Life and Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy drafts and Amber and Berry Weiss bottles, in addition to $5 frozen drinks and a Smirnoff Bloody Mary Bar. Or try the everyday specials: $2 Labatt Blue drafts, $4 Shiner Bock drafts, $4 bottles of Rolling Rock, Rock Light, Corona, Corona Light, Amstel Light and Heineken.
Sundays at Jimmy's Grill, 245 S. Washington St., Naperville. (630) 548-2500 or jimmysgrillnaperville.com.
Pop quiz, hotshot
Name three things better than pub trivia on Thursday nights? OK, we'll give you five things. Free pub trivia with specialty pitchers of four different beers. Every Thursday is game night at Muldoon's Irish American Eatery. Featured drinks of the evening are $8 Bud, Bud Light, Shock Top or 312 pitchers.
9 p.m. Thursdays at Muldoon's, 133 W. Front St., Wheaton. (630) 668-8902 or muldoonswheaton.com.