For the love of weekend.
This is a reversible sweater jacket inspired by the great American sport of baseball. Maybe you play baseball. Maybe you watch it. Maybe you just like the way the jacket looks so you’ll put it on and increase your handsomeness rating by a factor of 5x. That’s how this works.
Forbidden Root was and always will be your friendly neighborhood botanical brewpub. So that’s a relief. But on this particular evening, they’re transforming their greenhouse-like space into a pop-up ping-pong arena and inviting you and your friends to partake. So that’s also a relief.
Time to check in on the River North Lunch Stock Market.
No movement: Anything involving poke.
+12 points: Build-your-own salads, pesto portobello mushroom bowls and local cheeses, all
courtesy of the first Midwest location of Sweetgreen.
-100 points: PB&Js.
Sadly, that one’s been down for a while.
Date Night, Phase 1: You procure these tickets for
Friday.
DN, Phase 2: You bring someone you fancy to the Riverwalk for bubbly from City Winery and a
NOLA-style marching band.
DN, Phase 3: You decamp to the Virgin Hotel’s rooftop for more drinks, a DJ and dancing.
There is no phase 4.
On Monday, we brought you tidings of Vol. 39, the swanky new lobby bar at the Kimpton Gray Hotel. Today, we bring you tidings of Boleo, the hotel’s new South American restaurant from a Tru vet with hand-cut beef empanadas, lobster tempura rolls and over 20 cocktails. Tomorrow, we calmly reflect.
Next Tuesday, Untitled is hosting a screening of Brian De Palma’s classic Chicago crime drama, The Untouchables, during which you’ll enjoy whiskey-adobo-glazed pork tenderloin, gratis tequila drinks and ricotta-stuffed shells. Nothing goes together like Brian De Palma and ricotta-stuffed shells go together.
