Free dessert, free fries, prix fixe menus at fine dining restaurants and other goodies can be had as North Shore Restaurant Month and Dine Morton Grove converge in February, attempting to coax diners out of their homes with warm fare during a cold time of year.
North Shore Restaurant Month offers such temptations as 15% off at the Village Inn in Skokie and Cafe Lucci in Glenview, among others, prix fixe menus at Aboyer in Winnetka, Bar Siena in Skokie and Oceanique in Evanston, among others, as well as two-for-one specials and plenty of free appetizers or desserts with dinner. All the offerings can be viewed at www.visitchicagonorthshore.com.
Dine Morton Grove, which is also happening in February, offers diners two ways to enter to win a $25 gift certificate. One way is to upload photos to the village’s website
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; the other is to submit receipts. Receipts that total $25 will earn one entry, those that total $50 or more earn two entries, and so on. Find the rules on the village’s website at mortongroveil.org.Here are some samplings of North Shore Restaurant Month offerings. Note most are not valid on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
Bar Louie, 5300 W. Touhy Ave., Skokie, is offering a free appetizer with an entree.
Fonda Cantina, 1735 Benson, Evanston, is offering free dessert with dinner.
Allgauer’s on the Riverfront, 2855 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, is offering free dessert with dinner.
Kneads and Wants, 8042 Lincoln Ave., Skokie, is offering 15% off a sandwich with code NEWSAND23.
Soul and Smoke, 1601 Payne St., Evanston, is offering a smoked brisket, smoked pulled pork, slaw, mac and cheese, buns, pickles and sauce meal, to feed six to eight people, for $110.
Epic Burger, 4999 Old Orchard Ctr., Skokie, is offering a buy one entree, get one free deal.
