Mike Foran Public Relations

DINNER AND TANGO AT ARTANGO BISTRO

Tuesdays and Wednesdays Artango Bistro presents a $25 prix fixe dinner teamed with Tango. In addition to a complete menu of Argentine, Peruvian, and other South American cuisine, Artango will offer a special 3-course Tango Dinner, including appetizer, choice of entree, and dessert, served indoors or on their sidewalk patio. As a BYOB, Artango encourages guestsContinue reading “DINNER AND TANGO AT ARTANGO BISTRO”

SOUTHERN DINNER TOUR, LIVE BLUEGRASS AT LOCAL ROOT

Thursday evenings in August, farm-to-table hot spot Local Root brings a taste of down-home, southern comfort to the heart of Chicago’s high-rise heavy Streeterville. Using locally-sourced ingredients, Local Root Chef/co-owner Issac Weliver creates a weekly culinary tour of the south, saluting South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and Louisiana, teamed with live Bluegrass music by the DogContinue reading “SOUTHERN DINNER TOUR, LIVE BLUEGRASS AT LOCAL ROOT”

WGN-9 NEWS VISITS STRINGS

BENROMACH SCOTCH PAIRING DINNER

Scotland’s renowned Benromach Scotch plans a smack-down with Chicago’s polar vortex, offering-up the ultimate dude-centric, boys-night-out dinner. Thursday, February 6, Chef Isaac Weliver of farm-to-table hot spot Local Root (601 North Mc Clurg Court, Chicago) takes on Benromach’s challenge of a first-ever Scotch Pairing Dinner, creating a special carnivorous 4-course meal, including NY Strip Steak, Lamb skewers, and more…each matched with an appropriate Benromach Scotch. Throughout the $60-per-person,Continue reading “BENROMACH SCOTCH PAIRING DINNER”

Lure Izakaya Pub on WGN-9

Lure Izakaya Pub chef/owner Kee Chan stops by WGN-9 studios to whip-up his signature Tuna Poke from Lure’s new summer menu.

Summer-Long Cooking Demos at Museum’s Smart Home

Check-out what’s cookin’ — all summer long — as Mike Foran Public Relations stirs-up a brand new series of cooking demonstrations for our client, the Museum of Science and Industry’s newly redsigned Smart Home: Green + Wired . The 2,500-square-foot exhibit home originally was open from May 2008 through January 2009 and welcomed more than 100,000Continue reading “Summer-Long Cooking Demos at Museum’s Smart Home”