On October 31, our outlets at the Chicago Athletic Association will be doing a tribute to Stephen King!

Game Room will be celebrating It, Drawing Room and Milk Room will be inspired by The Shining, and Cherry Circle Room will step back in time with 11/22/63. And up in Stagg Court, the Chicago Athletic Association's Stagg Court will be dressed up in school dance finest with a showing of Carrie. You can make your reservations for Cherry Circle Room here, Milk Room here, and grab your ticket for Carrie here! Game Room and Drawing Room are first come, first served as usual.

Cherry Circle Room has joined forces with Champagne Happy Hour for a very special Rosé edition of Champagne Happy Hour!

Join us Monday, October 7 from 5-7p in the Drawing Room to sample 6 different rosés from Taittinger, Pierre Moncuit, Paul Bara, Laherte, Charles Heidseck, and Drappier. CCR will be providing small bites and all of these wines will be available by the glass all night for $15 after the happy hour ends! Tickets are $15 ahead of time available here and $20 at the door. See you there!

Here's a little roundup of some of the nice things people have been saying about LSD in the press! Thanks to everyone who included us.

Parson's Chicken & Fish Lincoln Park was included in Eater's best new bar heatmap for March (for the third month in a row!) Check that out here.

The Infatuation published a guide on where to go for "fake spring" and Lonesome Rose was on the list. Read that here.

Chicago Sun Times' journalist Ji Suk Yi does an online piece called The Grid where she explores different neighborhoods and cuisines and recently did one in Logan Square of Mexican & Latin food options. Lomesome Rose was included, you can read that here.

Reader's Digest published a piece on the best speakeasies inside of hotels and Milk Room was included. Check it out.

Liquor.com released their 2019 best bars feature called "Drink Here Now" and a handful of our spots were included in numerous categories. Longman & Eagle for "Whiskey," Milk Room for "Whiskey", and Lost Lake for "Rum, Cocktail, Tiki, The Team Players, The Food Slingers." The map is really cool and interactive, check it out!

Our Beverage Director Paul McGee recently shared Cherry Circle Room's "That's That" martini recipe with Imbibe and it's featured on their site here. 

From Good Stock, Land and Sea Dept.’s supper club series, is back! 

For the first dinner of 2019, we’ll be welcoming Austin’s Emmer and Rye to Cherry Circle Room for a night of Chef Kevin Fink's (James Beard Semi Finalist for Best Chef: Southwest, 2018) Dim Sum-style American cuisine. On Thursday, January 24, Emmer & Rye will be taking over the space for a three course family style dinner plus dim sum cart and welcome cocktail, with reservations available all night (5p - 11p). Cherry Circle Room will also have optional wine and cocktail pairings to accompany the meal. This dinner is available for $85 (not including tax, gratuity, or additional beverages), and is available to book via Resy. 

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Frontera Farmer Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to promoting small, sustainable farms serving the Chicago area by providing them with capital development grants. 

StarChefs just released their Chicago-based Rising Stars issue, and we are thrilled to share that not one, but two of our creative talents were recognized! Both Executive Chef Pete Coenen (Cherry Circle Room, Lonesome Rose, Lost Lake) and Wine Director Andrew Algren (Cherry Circle Room) are 2018 Rising Stars, and it couldn’t be more well deserved. Congrats to Chef Pete and Andrew — grab the latest issue of StarChefs to read all about it!

Chef Pete Coenen collaborated with Skeleton Key Brewery on a beer they’ve named ‘Petal Pusher,’ a summer wheat ale brewed with wild rose petals. It’s an easy drinker, refreshing, with a light, floral nose.

Making its debut at the Chicago Ale Fest (happening Friday, June 1, and Saturday June 2 in Grant Park), ‘Petal Pusher’ features dried rose petals sourced by Chef Pete from Rare Tea Cellar. Pete joined the Skeleton Key team to develop and brew the beer, made with summer in mind.

You can also catch a ‘Petal Pusher’ at Cherry Circle Room, Game Room, and Lonesome Rose, where it’s currently on tap.

Now through February 8, you can catch Restaurant Week at Cherry Circle Room! Every day, a special $22 three course lunch is available, with optional wine or cocktail (!!!) pairings for $20.

Don’t sleep on this one. Make your reservation now on Opentable.

Longman & Eagle has got one for the lovers on Valentine’s Day this year. The neighborhood-favorite’s culinary team has dreamed up an entire evening of romance-forward menus. First, at 5:30, guests can enjoy a 3-course prix fixe dinner for $55 per person. Guests can choose from seared scallops, crispy duck breast, or confit pork belly for their entree plus a starter and dessert. Then they’ll offer a 5-course tasting dinner at 7:00 and 9:30, for $85 per person. Courses include oyster shooters, grilled endive with foie gras mousse, seared scallops, crispy duck breast, and dark chocolate cheesecake for dessert. All dinners will offer optional whiskey and wine pairings. Guests can book here.

Milk Room will be offering a very special Valentine’s Day experience on February 14 for those looking to celebrate with an elegant evening of rare and vintage spirits. Couples will be greeted with a welcome cocktail built for two (served in a coconut!) alongside a shellfish tower, followed by a choice of two cocktails from a special menu designed by Paul McGee, including the Rusty Nail (A. Dewar Rattray Glen Grant 15 Year Scotch, 1960s Drambui) and the Airmail (Real McCoy 12 Year Barbados Rum, Thistle Honey, Krug Grand Cuvée Champagne), among many others.  Guests will also be served grilled Gruyere and Jamon Iberico tea sandwiches to accompany their drinks, along with a shared chocolate dessert and departing cocktail. Reservations are $200 per person, with seatings available at 5:00, 7:30 and 10:00. Guests can book via Tock.

Cherry Circle Room will be offering some delectable a la carte specials on Valentine’s Day this year. We’ll be serving Escargot Rockefeller with bacon, kale, and Pernod ($18), and a whole roasted chicken for two, served tableside with Brussels sprouts and Black Truffle ($100) – which includes a chicken pot pie! The dessert cart will be going around with pastries and chocolates from Pastry Chef Kristine Antonian. There will be optional wine pairings and a special sparkling cocktail from Paul McGee, the Le Perroquet (Gin, Campari, Tangerine, Cava) available all-night long. Reservations can be made via OpenTable.

And finally, Parson’s Chicken & Fish has got all the single homies covered this year! Chef Hunter Moore will be serving up a special saucey Chicken Parmesan sandwich, and the annual favorite Lonely Guy Special (PBR & 3 oz whiskey for $5) will be available — plus $5 slushies all night.

Milk Room will be offering a very special Valentine’s Day experience on February 14 for those looking to celebrate with an elegant evening of rare and vintage spirits. Guests will be greeted with a glass of Charles Krug Brut Reserve Champagne and oysters with mignonette, and then get their choice of two cocktails from a special menu designed by Paul McGee only available for that night, including the Right Hand Cocktail (Plantation Reunion Island 15 Year Ruby Port Cask Finished Rum, Blackadder 17 Year Guadeloupe Rum, Dolin Rouge Sweet Vermouth, 1970s Campari, Chocolate) and the Saratoga (Pierre Ferrand Ebel Cognac, 1950s Stock Maraschino, Pineapple Gomme, Charles Krug “Brut Reserve” Champagne), among many others. Guests will also be treated to a charcuterie board to accompany their drinks, along with a nightcap of Valrhona Hot Chocolate with 1970’s Fernet Branca.  This experience is available for $150 per person (including gratuity) and can be booked via Tock.

Cherry Circle Room will be offering a menu of a la carte special items from executive chef Pete Coenen starting Saturday, February 11, and into Valentine’s Day proper, including sea scallops with rose and citrus ($17), roasted monkfish with coffee and carrots ($34), and, of course, dessert – chocolate mousse with cherry and almond ($12). Paul McGee will also be offering the Rose Petal cocktail (Gin, Raspberry, Lemon, Egg White) for $12 all weekend long.

Game Room is bringing Crew Love back for a second year for another night of partying with your buds. On Saturday, February 11, we’ll have a DJ bringing the tunes on the bocce court dance floor and Glitter Guts will have your group photo covered (sponsored by Fernet Branca). On the food and drinks side, Game Room will offer a brownie sundae that’s big enough to share (a giant sized brownie topped with six scoops of chocolate, peanut butter, and vanilla ice cream + chocolate sauce, peanuts and more for $20), Boozy Root Beer Float Shots (vanilla ice cream topped with root beer and fernet for $6), and a large format cocktail from Paul McGee to split with your table (Jamaican rum, California brandy, ruby port, Curacao, black tea, lemon – serves 4-6 for $45, also available in a single size for $12).

Longman & Eagle has got one for the lovers this year, with a five course dinner from chef de cuisine Joshua Mutchnick. This dinner is available in three seatings on February 14 (5:30, 7:30, and 9:30) and will also offer option whiskey and wine pairings. Email info@longmanandeagle.com to reserve your table.

And finally, Parson’s Chicken and Fish has all you single homies covered. Chef Hunter Moore will be serving up a triple cheeseburger with all the fixins (affectionately known as The Juicy Loser), and they’ll have the antidote to love song overload in the form of Bummer Karaoke, going in the pool house from 9p ’til midnight.

Cherry Circle Room is doing it up this New Year’s Eve with a special surf ’n turf menu from Chef Pete Coenen. The New Year’s Eve menu will be available in addition to CCR’s full dinner menu, and features King Crab Ravioli, Pan Seared Scallops with Foie Gras, Poached Lobster and Dry Aged Ribeye, and a dessert of white chocolate panna cotta.

The special menu is available to order as a four course tasting menu ($125 per person) – but all dishes are also available to order as a la carte specials. Wine director Andrew Algren will have a special wine pairing available to ring in 2017 as well.

Make your reservations now via OpenTable.

Land and Sea Dept. and the Chicago Athletic Association hotel are going nautical this summer with the Cherry Circle Yacht Club,  a bar concept popping up on the ground floor of the CAA from June 10 – June 26.

The pop-up’s opening weekend coincides with the world-renowned America’s Cupsailing competition, happening on Lake Michigan for the first time on June 10 – 12.

The Cherry Circle Yacht Club is inspired by the Chicago Athletic Association’s own yacht team from the early 20th century, and is named after their boat, the Cherry Circle. The concept was developed Chicago-based art gallery Johalla Projects and Ship to Shore Productions, content creators specializing in science, nature, and conservation story telling. Johalla Projects also designed the space, which will be housed in a freestanding structure in the hotel’s Tank event space, outfitted in vintage furniture, maritime-inspired décor, and coastal touches.

Land and Sea Dept. will be operating the bar, which will feature a menu of historic and nautically inclined cocktails from beverage director Paul McGee, alongside a selection of beer from Anchor Brewing and champagne from Moët-Hennessey.

LSD and the CAA will be collaborating on an event schedule for the CCYC – stay tuned here for more.

June 16, 7pm:
Storytelling Series: Ship To Shore Productions with Photographer & Great Lakes Surfer Mike Killion

Join STS co-founder and sailing photographer Zachary James Johnston for a conversation with fellow photographer and Great Lakes surfer Mike Killion. You can RSVP for the event here.