Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Specials and features at Chicago French Market in July

Check out some great deals and specials happening this month at Chicago French Market!

Delightful Pastries

Delightful Pastries has relocated within the Chicago French Market to the center aisle next to Kotel Kosher.  To celebrate the move, new offerings have been added to the menu.

The new savory offering will feature Volcanoes, buns stuffed with scalloped potatoes, pancetta, and caramelized onions topped with gruyere. A new dessert bar is now available as well: chocolate raspberry jam, made from scratch, on top of a cookie topped with nuts and cinnamon streusel. Also available is a new gluten free offering, chocolate pebble cookies and chocolate bark, and two new tortes; passion fruit and chocolate mousse torte

Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine

Pastoral is celebrating Bastille Day at Chicago French Market with a free wine and cheese tasting.  Try some of the nation’s most delicious French wine and cheese selections and other accompaniments on the French National Holiday. 

Don’t forget to share all those amazing artisan foods that you tasted during the 2nd Annual Pastoral Artisan Producer Fest. To keep the memory alive, every month Pastoral will sell items from vendors introduced at the Producer Festival.  It’s the perfect opportunity to introduce these artisan foods to your friends and family. 

Ames Honey from the Ames Farm in Watertown, MN will be offering raw honey in single-varietal flavors. Quince and Apple Preserves from Madison, WI is selling some of its inventive and seasonal spreads that showcase the outstanding flavor of the fresh, largely local ingredients that go into its preserves.

Valentine Vodka in Detroit, MI crafts vodka like no other.  Founder and Master Distiller, Rifino Valentine spent four years experimenting with distilling techniques before becoming one of the first distilleries in the world to use a multi-grain recipe.  Featured at Pastoral this month will be a proprietary blend that features locally grown Red Michigan wheat, barley and corn.


RAW

Look out for this Chicago French Market vendor if you will be attending the Taste of Chicago July 11-15 in Grant Park.  Stop by and visit their booth!


Saigon Sisters

Saigon Sisters is always here to bring you the latest and most unique products in the market. Check out some new products that will give you a little boost next time you stop in.

Spindrift Sodas are now available and are truly refreshing. Made with sparkling water, fresh squeezed juice and fruit purees, they pair perfectly with the delicious Spring Rolls, Banh Mis, and Rice bowls. Try the Half and Half brewed tea and lemonade. Delicious!

Who doesn't love premium made Vosges chocolates? Saigon Sisters now carries the new Wild Ophelia line with amazing flavors including New Orleans Chili, Beef Jerky, Southern Peach Hibiscus, and Peanut Butter and Banana.

Red Boat fish sauce is now being sold at Saigon Sisters, for the chef who’s looking to try something new. Also available are a selection of great cookbooks for the Asian cook in your house.  Pick up titles like Momofuku, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, and the latest one from Andrea Nguyen’s Asian Tofu.


Wisma

Wisma is delighted to introduce its new summer menu which includes an assortment of new entrees, salads, sandwiches and pasta dishes.  Receiving rave reviews are the Baracoa Fajitas, the Vegetable Thai Curry, the Ocean Raised Salmon with Pesto and Semolina Shells, and the fabulous Spinach and Strawberry Salad.  As always, the food is affordable, organic, local and absolutely delicious.  Bring some of Wisma’s sandwiches, spreads/dips and crackers to your next picnic or outing—you won’t be disappointed.

The Hot Dog Guy opens at Chicago French Market


The Chicago French Market (131 N Clinton, 312-575-0306) welcomes The Hot Dog Guy, a new vendor set to open in July.   The unmistakable sights, sounds, smells and tastes of a traditional Chicago hot dog stand will soon infuse the downtown French Market with a bit of traditional Chicago flavor.

The Hot Dog Guy, Chicago’s own Grant Greenberg, is serving up hot dogs and Polish the way Chicagoans prefer: all Vienna Beef products on a poppy seed bun, tomato, onion, hot peppers, mustard, relish, celery salt, and a big pickle spear. He is committed to preserving the authentic Chicago atmosphere and food that goes along with it.

Greenberg is the grandson of a Superdawg drive-in employee, who later opened a Chicago-area family deli of his own.  He left a career in the corporate world to carry on the family's long-standing passion of Chicago comfort food.  Delivering high-quality products and personality is the recipe for success that was passed down to Greenberg from his grandfather.


Greenberg, a master of the “Art of the Cart” and graduate of Hot Dog University, is eager to line up alongside the Chicago French Market’s wonderful vendors and restaurants. The Hot Dog Guy’s grand opening is set for early July in the Metra-Market at Ogilvie Transportation Center.


“What’s better than a Chicago style hot dog?” Greenberg asks. “Happiness is in the hot dog.”

Monday, July 2, 2012

Fleming's offering new 5-6-7 menu all day long this July 4th

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, is making it easy for you this Fourth of July!  On Wednesday, July 4 Fleming’s Chicago (25 E. Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60611 312-329-9463) and Fleming’s Lincolnshire (960 Milwaukee Ave. Lincolnshire, IL 60069 847-793-0333) will be offering its 5-6-7 menu all day long!  No need to throw anything on the grill this time, the nightly bar menu, “5 for $6 ’til 7,” is keeping the delicious food flowing until 10 p.m. at both Fleming’s locations in celebration of Independence Day. 

The new 5-6-7 menu offers a terrific selection of appetizers, premium cocktails (including a 99-calorie option!) and distinctive wines by the glass for just $6 each.  Mix and match any item from the menu to create your perfect summer pairing of drinks and bites.  The new updated summer menu is hard to pass up with light and fun summer options and some old favorites.

Take of break this year from your summer holiday responsibilities and let Fleming’s do the work! 

5 COCKTAILS
TROPICAL MARTINI, Malibu Coconut Rum
PURELY FRESH MARGARITA, Sauza Gold Tequila
VINTAGE VODKA MARTINI, Smirnoff Vodka
BLOOD ORANGE FIZZ, Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur
*BIKINITINI, Svedka Clementine Vodka

5 WINES BY THE GLASS
SPARKLING, Mas Fi Cava, Spain
RIESLING, Dr. L, Germany
PINOT GRIGIO BLEND, Borealis, Oregon
PINOT NOIR, Mark West, California
CABERNET, 14 Hands, Washington

5 APPETIZERS
BAKED BRIE IN PUFF PASTRY
SWEET CHILE CALAMARI
ROASTED MUSHROOM RAVIOLI
TENDERLOIN CARPACCIO
JUMBO SHRIMP COCKTAIL


THE PRIME BURGER, Cheese and Bacon



Hours and offerings are subject to change in compliance with local or state liquor laws.  Prices in effect from open to close in certain markets (IA, IL, LA, MO, NE, TX).  Liquor by the drink tax embedded for cocktail; liquor by the drink and sales tax embedded for wine (TN).  Due to local and/or state liquor laws, Fleming’s is unable to offer alcoholic beverages on the “5 for 6 ‘til 7” menu in IN, Charlotte, NC, OK, RI, UT.  Fleming’s LA Live location (Los Angeles, CA) offers the 567 bar menu from 4-6 pm, 7 days a week.

Westfield Old Orchard's WFamily series presents "Summertime Fun" July 7!

Summer is officially here and Westfield Old Orchard (Skokie Boulevard & Old Orchard Road) wants to celebrate by taking you down to the shore.  Saturday, July 7 from 11:30 a.m. -12: 30 p.m., Westfield’s Wfamily series will present its monthly hour-long story time and craft session for North Shore and Chicagoland families and their youngsters.  This month, families will enjoy a beach themed program entitled “Summertime Fun” with a reading presented by a staff member from the Skokie Public Library featuring a story about visiting the shoreline and an arts and craft project using beach sands.  Bring the family to the Westifield’s Barnes & Noble for the fun in the sun themed event.  This event is complimentary and registration is not required.