—Roots Handmade Pizza, 1924 W. Chicago Ave., has expanded its weekend delivery hours, and will offer patrons 50 percent off late-night delivery (between midnight and 2 a.m.) on Fridays and Saturdays during March. Patrons must use the code “50AFTER12” when ordering onRootsPizza.com or they must mention the code when calling in an order for delivery at 773-645-4949. Offer not valid on GrubHub.com.
—Chicago chef Stephanie Izard (Girl and the Goat) appeared on Hallmark Channel’s The Martha Stewart Show March 6-7. Izard prepared an artichoke noodle dish and grilled broccoli side with blue cheese dressing.
—This Easter (Sunday, April 8), both Shaw’s Crab House locations are offering a very special Sunday brunch buffet priced at $48 for adults, with kids 12 and younger eating for free (limit two children per adult). The buffet will feature a hot buffet line with classic breakfast fare, plus Shaw’s specialties. See www.shawscrabhouse.com.
—LUXBAR has added a new item to its beer list: Bells Java Stout from local Bell’s Brewery in Michigan. LUXBAR is one of the only restaurant in Chicago to serve this brew, which is 7.5-percent alcohol and is available for a limited time only. Java Stout uses a custom blend of coffee beans, roasted locally for Bell’s by Water Street Coffee Joint. See www.luxbar.com.
—Chicago’s Home Run Inn is hosting a sweepstakes contest to give away 65 tickets (a pair of tickets will be given to 32 lucky winners and three tickets to another lucky winner) now through Tuesday, March 27, for the first performance of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys April 5 at the Bank of America Theatre. For more information and to enter the sweepstakes, visit www.homeruninnpizza.com or call 630-783-9696.
—March 18-23 is Chicago Chef Week, with a variety of places offering three-course lunches for $22 and three-course dinners for $39. Among the dozens of restaurants participating are Blackbird, Allium, Il Mulino, Boka, Taxim, Sable, Epic, Zealous, David Burke’s Primehouse and Cafe des Architects. See www.chicagochefweek.com.
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