National Chicken Wing Day, a champagne bash and more things to do in Chicago this weekend, July 29-31.
EAT
Riot Fest Crawfish Boil
724 W. Maxwell St. 312-243-3660
The University Village bar serves crawfish by the pound ($15.95) with corn, potatoes and pints of Mad Mouse Brewery’s new Gris Gris IPA ($6) and gives away tickets to the music festival. Zydeco Voodoo performs at 8 p.m. 6-11 p.m. Saturday. No cover. Reservations recommended.
Chicago Fire Takeover
1005 S. Delano Court 312-204-7151
Chicago Fire players man the grills at the South Loop restaurant, which will be donating all of the day’s sales to the Chicago Fire Foundation’s efforts to help local disadvantaged youth. 1:30-7 p.m. Saturday.
National Chicken Wing Day
1924 W. Division St. 773-772-6251
The Wicker Park restaurant celebrates by serving a small order of their signature crispy fried Chicken Wangs with your choice of beer for $7.29 ($10 value). 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday.
Summer Cookout
960 W. 31st St. 773-890-0588
Rekenekt Cuisine teams up with the Bridgeport restaurant for a meal including an entree, side, dessert, beer and live music. The Greater Chicago Food Depository receives 25 percent of proceeds. 2-7 p.m. Sunday. $20. Tickets: ticketbud.com
Trattoria Siciliana
43 E. Ohio St. 312-521-8700
The pop-up restaurant, which runs through Aug. 7, serves Sicilian wine, specialty cocktails and food including squid ink pasta with uni butter ($17) and orange salad with shaved fennel ($9). 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday. No cover.
DRINK
Cocktails & Dreams
2878 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-880-5338
Crafthouse Cocktails co-founder Charles Joly hosts a tasting of his line of bottled cocktails on the Lakeview spot’s patio, which includes passed bites and music from DJ Kareem. 3-5:30 p.m. Sunday. No cover.
Veuve Clicquot Journey Tour
11 E. Walton St. 312-646-1300
The champagne company brings its 21-city tour to the hotel’s courtyard where you can sip $12 glasses of Yellow Label and $16 glasses of rosé paired with bites including marinated olives ($6), cheese and charcuterie ($21) and pommes frites ($7). 2-4 p.m. No cover.
DO
‘Confessions from the D-List’
956 W. Newport Ave. 773-270-3440
The cast of the improvised comedy, which runs through Aug. 27, reads from a different celebrity autobiography each week and then performs scenes based on the book. 9 p.m. Saturday. $12. Tickets: underthegun.theater
HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAY
Blue Line Lounge and Grill (1548 N. Damen Ave. 773-395-3700) offers $5 specialty martinis from 4-7 p.m. Friday.
