Southport Grocery gets ready for winter with new seasonal dishes
Southport Grocery and Café, at 3552 N. Southport in Chicago, introduces new seasonal dishes for the chilly winter weather that's on its way.
New breakfast items include roasted tomato, a lemon-pepper cream-cheese omelet or a spinach-artichoke-tomato-jalapeno peppers-cream cheese omelet.
Those with a sweet tooth can dive into the apple-cream cheese-streusel-stuffed French toast with praline and maple pecan syrup.
For lunch, try the new apple-manchego-arugula salad with Michigan apples, vanilla roasted almonds, manchego cheese and dried cranberries. For information, call (773) 665-0100 or visit www.southportgrocery.com.
That's one hot pepper: Heaven on Seven restaurant chain chef/owner Jimmy Bannos has been devising recipes for what is deemed to be the world's hottest chili pepper to incorporate in the restaurant menu.
The Bhut Jolokia chili pepper originates in India and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the hottest chili pepper on record.
Eating the pepper has been likened by some to breathing in flames.
Bannos is teaming with farmers in India and California to grow the peppers specifically for the Heaven on Seven restaurants.
Heaven on Seven has locations in Chicago (111 N. Wabash and 600 N. Michigan) and Naperville (224 S. Main St.). For information, visit www.heavenonseven.com.
Thanksgiving oysters or omelets, anyone? Restaurants at the Englewood Resort and Spa at 1401 Nordic Road in Itasca are offering two options for your Thanksgiving dinner Thursday.
Burnhams will serve a buffet with some traditional Thanksgiving fare, along with some unexpected treats. Sample the Louisiana Gulf oysters, sterling salmon, prime rib -- or even omelets.
The cost is $17.95 for children (ages 6-12) to $34.95 for adults. Children ages 5 and younger eat for free.
For those looking for a traditional meal, Prairie River will dish up holiday standards of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables and rolls.
Dinner at Prairie River is $14.95 per person.
Both venues will offer plenty of sweets for dessert -- pumpkin, apple and rhubarb pies get things rolling.
Reservations are recommended. Call (630) 773-1400 or (800) 285-6150.
Brunches and ball games: Red Bar, the new bar in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare at 9300 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, offers a "Big Ten Saturday Brunch in Red" from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 30 and an "NFL Sunday Brunch in Red" from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 3.
The brunches will feature tasty football-watching "nibblies" such as hot chili, chicken wings and "The Great Chicago Hot Dog." Guests can also feast on omelets made to order, breakfast potatoes and sausage and crispy bacon.
The 22 plasma television sets and eight media screens that dot Red Bar assure that guests will get plenty of views of the day's football games.
The cost for the brunches is $12 per person. For reservations, call (847) 663-4500.