This Week In Chicago Food Porn: Meaty Mondays, Pisco Month And A Paczki Party

By Melissa McEwen in Food on Feb 9, 2015 4:30PM

River Roast (315 N. LaSalle St.) is now offering a complimentary charcuterie board with a purchase of an roast on Mondays as part of their new Meaty Mondays. Charcuterie selections include wild boar & fig terrine, duck confit & foie gras terrine, duck prosciutto and rabbit mousse.

Tanta (118 W. Grand Ave.) is celebrating Pisco Sour Month with a rotation of variations for $11 each. Proceeds benefit The Anti-Cruelty Society. This week's is a Chicha Pisco Sour, followed by a Rocoto Pisco Sour starting Feb. 15 and a Maracuya Pisco Sour starting Feb. 22.

Sugar Hills Bakery (3235 W. Addison St.) will celebrate Paczkis, the Polish doughnut Fat Tuesday delicacy with a party on Sunday, Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Other delicacies from our gallery:

Charred long beans at Small's Smoke Shack

Flatbread with house-cured char and radicchio at MFK

Cocoa Azteca with ancho liquor, chocolate and a flaming marshmallow at Bottlefork

Mexican chocolate cream pie with spicy almond-infused chocolate at Hoosier Mama

Goat's milk quiche with rosemary, chive, barber's cheddar and parmesan cheese at Owen and Engine

"You should probably throw Saturday, February 28th on your calendar — bourbon barrel-aged Spectral and Iteration 001 will be dropping at the brewery. Full event details coming soon" at Penrose Brewing