Mia Cucina, 56 W. Wilson St., Palatine, is holding its sixth annual Italian Carnevale, a celebration of traditional Italian festivities that take place during the lenten season, through Tuesday. The event will feature colorful banners, streamers and traditional Carnevale music. Guests will be encouraged to wear masks and beads, and strolling magicians and jesters will entertain. The menu of regional cuisine includes pastas from Venice, rustic braised meat dishes and coastal seafood dishes. Reservations are recommended. Call 847-358-4900.
Shaw’s Crab House, 1900 E. Higgins Rd., Schaumburg, or 21 E. Hubbard St., Chicago, will celebrate Fat Tuesday with live music, complimentary king cake and Mardi Gras dinner specials. Specials will include crawfish etouffee, blackened tuna tacos and jambalaya. Shaw’s also will offer a Taste for Two Valentine’s Day menu Feb. 14-16. The menu will include jumbo shrimp cocktail, a 11/2-pound Maine lobster, 11/4 pounds of Alaskan king crab legs, half a dozen oysters and a chocolate dessert for two. A complimentary glass of sparkling wine is included. The cost is $45.95 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are recommended. Call Shaw’s in Schaumburg at 847-517-2722 and in Chicago at 312-527-2722.
Cajun Kitchen, 1155 W. Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows, will hold a daylong Mardi Gras celebration on Fat Tuesday. Guests will receive free beads, as well as masks for children. The zydeco band Mojo & the Bayou Gypsies will perform at 6, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets, available at the door, are $10 for adults and include one show and up to $10 in food, excluding beer. The cost is $5 for children 12 and younger. Call 847-290-5500.
Magnum’s will have Valentine’s Day dinner specials Feb. 14 to 17. A chateaubriand dinner for two will include charbroiled tenderloin of beef with vegetables and duchess potatoes topped with bearnaise and bordelaise sauces for $29.95 a person or $39.95 a person with a 10-ounce lobster tail. Other specials will include fresh wild Tasmanian salmon topped with tomato basil for $23.95; sirloin of beef carpaccio for $9.95; and jumbo lump crab cocktail served in a mustard sauce on avocado for $12.95. The dessert for two will be white chocolate mousse in an almond cookie cup. For reservations at Magnum’s, 1701 Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows, call 847-952-8555. Other locations are 777 E. Butterfield Rd., Lombard, 630-573-1010, and 225 W. Ontario St., Chicago, 312-337-8080.
Chandler’s Chophouse, in the Schaumburg Golf Club, 401 N. Roselle Rd., will feature a Valentine’s Day chateaubriand dinner for two and other specials Feb. 14 to 17. Dinner will include tenderloin of beef with vegetables and potato for $14.95 a person. Lobster can be added for $9 a tail. Call 847-885-9009.
Le Titi de Paris, 1015 W. Dundee Rd., Arlington Heights, will serve a five-course Valentine’s Day dinner Feb. 14 to 16. Dinner will begin with chilled terrine of carrot, crimini mushrooms, broccoli and cauliflower, and a petite mesclun salad with aged balsamic vinegar. A choice of seared Atlantic salmon on wilted spinach or Asian-scented pork tenderloin will follow. Champagne and strawberry sorbet will be served to cleanse the palate. Entree choices will include shallot, thyme and pecorino-crusted veal loin with calvados sauce; grilled tenderloin of beef with Jerusalem artichokes; or potato and tarragon encased red snapper with lobster risotto and saffron sauce. Dessert will be a choice of almond tuile napoleon with raspberries and passion fruit cream or warm chocolate ambrosia with praline ice cream. The cost is $56 a person, excluding beverage, tax and gratuity. Call 847-506-0222 for reservations.
D. Bob’s American Bistro, 827 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, will celebrate the Valentine’s Day weekend by offering Cupid’s Secret, a fixed-price, four-course dinner Feb. 14 to 16. Entree choices will include Chilean sea bass, roasted lamb or bell pepper-stuffed pork loin. The cost is $42 a person, which includes a glass of champagne. Call 847-692-2829.
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