Stop in the Melting Pot for a quick glass of wine after work because it’s FREE (2 tastings of both red and white). There will be live acoustic music and if the pours are generous, you’ll know that good fondue is not far away. 609 N Dearborn (312-573-0011, meltingpot.com). 6–10pm.
Donate to Breast Cancer Awareness before the month ends. Head to one of these spots: Brasserie Jo, Eleven City Diner, La Tache, Le Colonial, Lula Cafe, Rockit Bar & Grill, WestEnd Bar & Grill or countless others participating in the Lynn Sage Foundation In Good Taste Program. Just add a dollar (or more) to your bill.
Dress up in an outrageous costume, and head over to the LaSalle Power Co.’s Halloween Party. It’s $35 for an all-inclusive drink deal while you dance to the sounds of the Seth Bradley Personnel. 500 N LaSalle (lasallepowerco.com, 312-661-1122). $15 general admission, $35 all-inclusive, 9pm–2am.
Quartino executive chef John Coletta will be hosting a FREE pumpkin-carving party, serving caramel apples and candy corn. 626 N State St (quartinochicago.com, 312-698-5000). Noon–5pm. FREE.
If your costume is funny, scary and sexy, you are in luck. A handful of Lakeview bars are hosting a Halloween pub crawl (Fresca, Finley Dunnes, The Shire, Beckett’s, Fizz and The Pony), and there’s a different costume contest at each bar. If you can win them all, you must have one sweet outfit. 6pm at Fresca’s, 3358 N Paulina.
If dinner and a movie are your thing, check out Mod Pizza. The neighborhood pizzeria will be showing movies like Young Frankenstein, offering pizza specials and letting you bring your own beer and wine. 1222 W Madison (mod-pizza.com, 312-666-1222). 4–11pm.
The Chew Chew is serving up a scary three-course dinner menu with witch’s bouillabaise, “bobbin’-for-apples salad” and grilled vampire steak. At least the price isn’t scary at $30. 33 E Burlington Rd, Riverside (thechewchew.com, 708-447-8781). 5–10pm.
It’s a Halloween Party, Lush-style. Meet the Twisted Oaks winemaker and inventor of River of Skulls. It will feel like a Halloween party—there’ll be a costume contest, bobbing for apples and chili eating—but you will be sipping wine to class it up. 127 S Halsted St (lushwineandspirits.com, 312-738-1900). 6–9pm, $40.
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