CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK, LINCOLN PARK, LOOP, LOGAN SQUARE, NAPERVILLE
NORWOOD PARK
It's the end of the week and you need to unwind after a
long-short week. Join Bottom Lounge for the
Free Friday After
Work Rum Series from 5-9pm this Friday.
Complimentary snacks and rum samples from the finest Rum manufacturers
in the Caribbean and South America. The featured rum this week is Novo Fogo. From
the organic certification to the painstakingly manual production process, Novo
Fogo is 100% simpler life.
LINCOLN PARK
Jam 'n Honey, a new
DePaul neighborhood corner spot with a very laissez-faire attitude when it
comes to things you spread on your toast, is now open. For now, the one thing
you must order: toast. Each table is set with stout pots of orange marmalade,
strawberry jam and, graciously, one big container of Nutella. Spread it on that
toast. Put it on your banana nut french toast. Stir it in your coffee. There is
no wrong answer.
LOOP
Ahh, Napa
has followed me home after a recent visit! The Windy City Wine Fest
in the middle of Grant Park gives you a tasting glass, then turns you loose on
dozens of winemakers pouring hundreds of wines. When you need a break, just
head to the beer garden. This is a wine fest that knows how to cover its bases.
LOGAN SQUARE
Introducing Dante's
Pizzeria, which opened Monday in Logan Square, offering New York-style
slices amid punk rock posters and a Divine Comedy motif. You have two options: 1) Big, floppy and
foldable slices with dough modeled after the best spots in NYC. 2) Specialty
pies which come in one size, "Enormous." With the phrase "Abandon All Hunger,
Ye Who Enter Here" above the kitchen, it's definitely a great place to check
out.
NAPERVILLE
Donate to JEWEL-OSCO's "Give
a Little, Save a Lot" food drive from now to Oct. 1. Make a monetary or food donation at any
JEWEL-OSCO store and all contributions will go to the Greater Chicago Food
Depository and other area food banks and food pantries. September is "Hunger Action
Month." The grocer's 2010 food
drive raised more than $2 million in donations.
CATHY MALLERS &
DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
