Lent 2024: 26 Chicago restaurants with seafood specials, fish fries, and pepper and egg sandwiches
The Midwestern tradition of Friday fish fries and the Chicago-specific pepper and egg sandwich are especially popular during Lent.
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35 Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras specials at Chicago restaurants and bars
Whether called Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday is celebrated as a last chance to enjoy decadent food before Lent.
22 Chicago bakeries with paczki for Fat Tuesday 2024
The Polish tradition of enjoying paczki the Thursday or Tuesday before Ash Wednesday began as a way to use eggs, sugar, fruit and lard ahead of the Lenten fast.
78 Valentine’s Day specials at Chicago restaurants, from romantic dinners to Galentine’s Day celebrations
Valentine's Day is the biggest date night of the year and you'll want to make plans now to avoid heartbreak.
Champagne toasts and seafood towers mark 55 Chicago restaurant celebrations to ring in 2024
No matter how 2023 treated you, New Year's Eve provides an opportunity to put the good times and the bad in the rear-view mirror and start 2024 off right. Restaurants...
42 Chicagoland Christmas dine-in and takeout specials, from brunch with Santa to buche de Noel
After being immersed in holiday cheer since Thanksgiving, it's time to plan your Christmas celebration. Restaurants throughout Chicago make it easy to gather with friends and family for a traditional...
19 Hanukkah specials in Chicago with braised brisket and heaps of challah
Hanukkah is called the Jewish festival of lights for its nightly candle lightings, but it's also a beloved holiday with delicious fried foods and chocolate coins that can be eaten...
54 Chicago restaurants with Thanksgiving takeout, from truffle-roasted turkeys to pumpkin flan
Preparing Thanksgiving dinner can be an enormous hassle, involving spending all day in the kitchen keeping track of cooking times for sides and the turkey to ensure everything is warm...
Thanksgiving 2023 pie guide: 22 Chicagoland bakeries and restaurants with delicious desserts for your holiday feast
No matter how delicious the turkey and fixings are, Thanksgiving diners always find some restraint to save a bit of room for dessert. Pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan and apple pie...
43 boo-zy bites and brunches to kick off Halloween in Chicago
Chicago's bars and restaurants go all out for Halloween, so no matter what your favorite part of the holiday is, there's a treat in store for you. You can compete...