Dining Out
$25 for $50 Groupon to May Street Market
Today’s deal is a $50 Groupon to May Street Market for $25. Located at 1132 W. Grand Ave., this gourmet bistro is one of West Town’s hidden gems. May Street Market features dishes expertly prepared by Chef Alexander Cheswick, who started cooking at the age of 16. May Street’s seasonal menu takes advantage of fresh [...]
$35 for a $75 Groupon to Markethouse Restaurant
With today’s Groupon, get $75 worth of grub and guzzle at Markethouse, a new West Loop restaurant, for only $35. Since February, it’s been serving up dishes from the Heartland. Executive Chef Steve Walton’s mission is to marry locally grown ingredients with regional influences from around the world to create a seasonal, rotating menu. If [...]
$10 for a $20 Groupon to Deleece Grill Pub
It’s time for your pub experience to ascend past childhood, through puberty and into adulthood. Other bars’ steaks wear oversized T-shirts that hang past their shorts, while Deleece’s 10 oz. peppercorn crusted hanger steak wears a distinguished blazer and an indoor scarf. A typical bar and grill’s beer has hairless legs, while the male generative [...]
Mickey-D’s Goes Premium
McDonald’s Corp. is preparing to launch its first new hamburger in eight years, a one-third-pound patty set to debut late this summer. The fast-food giant will begin rolling out the long-awaited Angus burger nationally by August, franchisees tell Crain’s. A company memo indicates McDonald’s also plans to feature the new sandwich in its Monopoly promotion [...]
Southwest Black Bean Cakes – Yum!
So this is a great weeknight meal option – we made it earlier this week and it was delicious! Pan frying these with a little bit of oil turns the outside nice and crispy, and using cornmeal as a binder helps add to that crunch. The big pluses for this recipe are the “pantry-raid factor” [...]
Tiny Bubbles, In My Water
I have to say, this is maybe my favorite part of running a food blog – we get to test out some really cool products and gadgets! This is one of our finds from the International Home & Housewares Show, and for sure one of the ones I was most anxious to try: the SodaStream [...]
Tax Day Bites – But Cinnabon Makes It Better
As part of their new “Life Needs Frosting” branding, Cinnabon is hoping to help you ‘frost’ your tax day by giving you some free deliciousness. On Wednesday April 15th from 5 to 8pm, participating mall-based Cinnabons will be giving out free Cinnamon Bites (mini cinnamon rolls). You can also enter an online short essay contest [...]
Puddin’ on the Ritz!
I’ll admit it – even though I run towards the “crunchy hippie” end of the spectrum when it comes to more natural and healthy foods, I just can’t get into soy. I mean, sure, if you’re a veggie or a vegan it’s great, or if you’re allergic to milk, but I’m none of those. I’ve [...]
$20 For a $50 Groupon at Bonsoiree
Drop everything and run to get today’s Groupon: $20 for a $50 voucher at Bonsoiree Restaurant in Logan Square at 2728 W. Armitage Avenue. With a discount of 60% on contemporary French cuisine as renowned as Bonsoiree, you just might have to put aside all that ill-will towards the French you’ve harbored since her cowardly [...]
$20 for $50 Groupon at The Drawing Room
Today’s Groupon is a whopping 60% discount at The Drawing Room, a classy cocktails club and restaurant at 937 N. Rush that offers the most stellar small plates menu this side of Orion. You pay $20 to get $50 – a no-brainer if we’ve ever seen one. If you’re one of the many people who [...]
