A noir film festival at Music Box Theatre, a new Mediterranean-Portuguese restaurant in the Loop and more things to do in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 22.
EAT
New Breakfast Menu
4609 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-961-8196
Start your day at the counter-service Lincoln Square restaurant, which now offers weekday breakfast including Nashville-style hot chicken and waffles ($12), oatmeal with dried cherries and sorghum pecan crumble ($7) and brioche French toast with maple caramel, butterscotch and pralines ($11). 8-11 a.m.
Now Open
120 W. Monroe St. 312-801-8899
Located within The Kimpton Gray Hotel, the restaurant from the owners of The Fifty/50 serves American fare with Mediterranean and Portuguese influences including smoked oxtail croquette ($8), wood-roasted suckling pig ($14) and cioppino ($38). 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
DRINK
Shochu 101
1960 N. Damen Ave. 773-799-8677
Learn about the Japanese spirit by trying a Fundamentals of Flavor flight ($13) showcasing four of the most popular shochu styles or an Expressions of Technique flight ($18) featuring different production methods. A welcome cocktail is included, and the restaurant also serves a $16 dinner. 5-10 p.m. Reservations required.
DO
Noir City
3733 N. Southport Ave. 773-871-6604
Catch a double feature screening of the 1950 films “Shakedown” at 5 or 9 p.m. and “Outside the Wall” at 7 p.m.—neither of which is available on DVD—as part of the eighth annual noir film festival, which runs through Thursday. $12. Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com
‘Macbeth’
1807 S. Allport St. 866-777-8932
Theater Zuidpool turns Shakespeare’s tragedy into a musical combining rock, folk, alternative and operatic styles to tell the story of the bloody takeover of the Scottish throne. 8:30 p.m.; doors open at 7:30 p.m. $28-$48. Tickets: chicagoshakes.com
HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAY
Four Star Lounge (2666 N. Halsted St. 773-661-2927) offers $3 craft beers and you-call-it mixed drinks and $5 glasses of wine, shrimp cocktail and ceviche from 5-8 p.m.
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