Menu Changes at Longman Off-Site Bar; Free Do-Rite Donuts Tomorrow; More:
LOGAN SQUARE—Chef Jared Wentworth is launching an all-day Saturday and Sunday cafe menu (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) at the Longman & Eagle Offsite Bar that's "focused on portability," made up of four sandwiches and one quiche. The Saturday sausage shop is no more but the Sunday donut shop remains. [EaterWire]
LOOP—Stop into Do-Rite Donuts (50 W Randolph) beginning at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow for a free...
Eataly Classes Kick Off Tonight; Spencer's Jolly Posh Details; More:
RIVER NORTH—Although the media got a taste of the La Scuola curriculum today, the public will be able to attend the last major prong of the megastore's opening, the Eataly classes, beginning tonight. Helmed by Lidia Bastianich, La Scuola offers classes for a variety of skill levels on Italian cooking and technique. Tonight's class on risotto is sold out but click here for the upcoming schedule....
The "sublime setting" includes an "open", "minimalist" dining room "bathed in light from huge windows" and a terrace featuring "knockout views" of the city skyline at this Loop Italian in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute where chef Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia) delivers "interesting" farm-to-table lunch fare (and dinner on Thursday); if pickier diners deem it "overpriced" with "precious"...
The only thing better than the view is the landmark architecture that perfectly frames the Art Institute's modern collection.