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A hot honey buffalo chicken sandwich with fries from Mac’s Wood Grilled. (Terri Mooney/Mac's Wood Grilled)

26 Fourth of July events and restaurant specials in Chicago for 2025

July 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Bars and restaurants offer their own ways to enjoy Independence Day, including serving flights of red, white and blue drinks.

A burger topped with thick-cut peppered bacon and an egg is at Beatrix for Father's Day. (Sam Brauer)

Father’s Day 2025: 40 restaurant and bar specials in Chicago

June 10, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

Whether you think your dad would love a multi-course dinner with plenty of time to talk or to show off his skills in a putting competition, these spots make it...

Morgan Schwerin, left, and Aerin Moberg eat Black’s Barbecue while attending the final day of the Windy City Smokeout festival outside the United Center on Aug. 7, 2022, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Guide: 30 Chicago food and drink festivals for summer 2025

June 4, 2025 at 6:47 p.m.

Festivals are one of the best parts of summer in Chicago, ranging from blowout concerts to small neighborhood parties.

Mac’s Wood Grilled watermelon mule. (Terri Mooney)

Memorial Day 2025: 15 restaurant and bar specials in Chicago, including seafood boils and drag brunches

May 22, 2025 at 1:13 p.m.

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, but also offers the opportunity to mark the holiday by supporting veterans and service members.

Adorn Mother’s Day desserts. (Kinship Company)

59 Chicago Mother’s Day restaurant specials to treat mom, from bottomless mimosas to made-to-order omelettes

May 6, 2025 at 4:29 p.m.

Restaurants throughout Chicago are making it easy, offering moms free flowers or other gifts and hosting decadent buffets with bottomless drinks and activities to keep kids busy.

The Bellini tower at Aba. (Samantha Brauer)

Easter 2025: 70 Chicago restaurant specials, from brunch buffets to hearty dinners

April 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Easter is one of the biggest brunch occasions of the year, but also a time for hearty dinners centering on roast lamb and honey-baked ham and baskets filled with sweet...

Brent Baines, right, and Neda Jamalirad of Bronzeville take photos after members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 poured green dye into the Chicago River as part of the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities in 2015. (Anthony Souffle/baiduhai)

Guide: Chicago restaurants and bars with St. Patrick’s Day specials

March 10, 2025 at 10:27 a.m.

Bars and restaurants are getting into the spirit by serving traditional food and hosting bashes with riverfront views and bottomless drinks.

Angler’s Catch from Bonefish Grill. (Bonefish Grill)

Lent restaurant specials: 20 places for fish fries, pepper and egg sandwiches and seafood dinners in Chicago

March 4, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

These fish fries, pepper and egg sandwiches and seafood dinners are so good, you might want to stop in even if you’re not forgoing beef for Lent.

Employees keep busy as customers flock to Weber’s Bakery on Archer Avenue in Chicago, to pick up their boxes of Paczki for Fat Tuesday on Feb. 13, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago paczki guide 2025: Where to get the decadent pastries for Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday

February 26, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.

These local bakeries are celebrating Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday by serving up a mix of classic and novel spins on paczki.

Fat Tuesday 2025 guide: 26 spots for Mardi Gras and Carnival specials in Chicagoland

February 25, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

Fat Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent, is celebrated as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Brazil, but you don’t need to travel to get a...

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