A fruit-focused tasting menu and more things to do in Chicago on Tuesday, July 7.
EAT
Now Open
29 N. Wacker Drive 312-877-5399
The Loop restaurant offers customizable salads, wraps and grain bowls made with housemade dressings and eclectic ingredients including roasted shishito peppers and sweet potato falafel. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Stone Fruit Tasting Menu
151 W. Adams St. 312-660-8866
Available throughout July, the three-course lunch includes burrata with grilled peaches, roasted chicken with charred apricot panzanella and pistachio tart with almond brittle. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $28. Phone reservations recommended.
One-Year Anniversary
11 W. Illinois St. 312-955-0439
The River North restaurant celebrates by giving all diners a free kolacky, a puff pastry filled with fruit. One randomly chosen customer receives a golden kolacky and $100 gift card. 5-10 p.m.
DRINK
Now open
455 N. Park Drive 312-840-6600
Weather permitting, sip rose and tiki-inspired cocktails and play games such as petanque (sort of like a French version of bocce ball) at the Loews Chicago Hotel’s new outdoor bar. All seating is first come, first served. 4-10:30 p.m. Prices vary.
DO
‘Big Night’ (Free!)
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St. 312-742-1168
Watch the 1996 film about an Italian restaurant on a 40-foot screen and enter a raffle for a pair of tickets to one of Taste of Chicago’s Chef du Jour dinners. Goose Island sells beer. 6:30 p.m. Free.
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Buy a ticket to Purple Asparagus’ annual Corks & Crayons benefit on Aug. 23 at purpleasparagus.com.