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DINNER AND TANGO AT ARTANGO BISTRO

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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 guests to bring their favorite wine to enjoy with dinner. From 7:30 to 8 Tuesdays, and 8 to 8:30 Wednesdays, all are welcome to enjoy a free Intro to Argentine Tango group dance lesson as well.

Discretely tucked off-the-beaten-path, in a quiet street-level nook of Chicago’s century-old landmark Deagan Building, the 75-seat bistro has quietly become the epicenter for Argentine Tango and authentic South American cuisine since opening last.

Artango Bistro, 4217 North Ravenswood, Chicago. 773-697-7479. 

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SOUTHERN DINNER TOUR, LIVE BLUEGRASS AT LOCAL ROOT

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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 Dog Patch Ramblers performing 7 pm to 9 pm. The Thursday night southern-inspired dinner series is offered as a 3-course, $38.00 prix fixe, and includes appetizer, entree and dessert — served indoors or on Local Root’s sidewalk  patio.

Local Root, 601 North McClurg Court, Chicago. 312-643-1145

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BENROMACH SCOTCH PAIRING DINNER

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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, limited seating dinner, a Benromach representative will be on hand, explaining the intricacies of scotch making. 

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Summer-Long Cooking Demos at Museum’s Smart Home

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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 100,000 guests. In March 2009, “Chicago’s Greenest Home” reopened with an all-new, fresh and updated look for 2009. In addition to the latest, cutting-edge green technologies, Smart Home now features an array of city-friendly landscape and vegetable gardening ideas, including vertical gardens and Earth Box plantings by local school children, all within the garden area surrounding Smart Home.
 
The 1st and 3rd Friday of every month, June through October, the Museum will host a Farmers Market in conjunction with the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, and we’re busy bringing Chicago’s top chefs on-board for cooking demos in the Smart Home garden.
On Friday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m. THE HEARTY BOYS — Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh –stars of Food Network’s Party Line with the Hearty Boys, and popular Chicago-based caterers and cookbook authors, kick-off the Smart Home cooking demo series.
 
On Friday June 19th, James Beard Foundation Award winner CARRIE NAHABEDIAN heats things up as she shares secrets and recipes from nova-hot River North restaurant, NAHA, during an 11:30 a.m. cooking demo in the Smart Home garden.
 
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