Night life events: Bars add creepy drinks, music for Halloween
Official's spooky drinks
Official's Time Out mixes up some creepy Halloween fun. Try the brain hemmorage, a frothy, bloody clot-ish style drink for $3 or the caramel appletini for $4. Soak up the Halloween fun with baked spaghetti, garlic bread and a side salad for $5.99. Official's Time Out is at 2354 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. (847) 310-3227 or officialstimeout.com.
Copper Fiddle's Halloween
The Brown Liquor Boys play the Copper Fiddle Distillery beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Settle in for cocktails like the Bourbon Whiskey, Fiddle Gin or Tom Gin - all handcrafted, small-batch and grain to bottle. Hungry? Order food in. Copper Fiddle recently started open mic nights the third Thursday of each month, and offers harmonica classes. Or stop in for a distillery tour. Copper Fiddle Distillery is at 532 W. Route 22, Suite 110, Lake Zurich. (847) 847-7609 or copperfiddledistillery.com.
Sports at Mullen's
Mullen's Bar and Grill declares its love for Bears, Blackhawks - and unofficially, the Steelers - with specials all day on Sundays. The day includes dollar burgers and drink specials such as $12 domestic buckets, $15 mix-and-match craft buckets, $4 Mullen's Bloody Marys and $4.25 Corona bottles. Mullen's Bar and Grill is at 3080 Warrenville Road, Lisle. (630) 505-0240 or mullensbarandgrill.com.