Friday, March 25, 2011

Earth Hour at bin wine cafe

Down here at bin wine cafe, we have made a commitment to getting our protein and produce from local, sustainable farmers. Tomorrow night, we have a great opportunity to really let those farmers shine! Earth Hour is an international grassroots environmental movement. For one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, people all over the globe will be turning out their lights. Many people go above and beyond for this and, down here at the cafe, we've decided to pull an all-nighter. We will be hosting a candlelight dinner all evening. Chef Rubino has also put together some great, all organic and sustainable specials for you. Not to mention, we are excited to highlight the wines we carry that follow sustainable, organic, and biodynamic growing practices. So help us celebrate Earth Hour and come down to the cafe!!


The Specials:

Fire Roasted P.E.I. Mussels
w/ fennel & saffron sugo, crostini topped w/ rouille

Gunthrop Farm Chicken Breast
w/ mascarpone & fingerling potato salad, salsa verde

Cranberry-Pecan Brioche Bread Pudding
w/ mascarpone chantilly & winter compote

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

big changes at bin wine cafe

Situated in trendy Wicker Park neighborhood, bin wine cafe has been serving up great food and fantastic wine for 6 years. This winter, we have been undergoing some big changes to bring you even more.

The first big change is our new menu. We are bringing you more small plates so as well as sharing a bottle of wine, you and your friends can share your food too. Now when I say small plates, I don't want you to think about two tiny pieces of meat sitting on a baby bed of lettuce. I am talking hearty veal meatballs. I am talking the already-favorite mascarpone & prosecco arancini with wild boar sugo and shaved dante cheese. And don't worry, our wood oven pizzas aren't going anywhere, in fact, we have a new "pepperoni" pizza with house made giardiniera, red sauce and mozzarella.



We have also changed our hours. We are opening at four o'clock now to sate your pre-dinner munchies and your I-can't-believe-my-boss-did-that post work cocktails. Speaking of cocktails, the bartenders have being mixing up their new favorite winter cocktails like the Snow Plow made with Hendrick's cucumber gin, St. Germaine, lime juice and champagne. If you are into bubbly and want to try something new, ask the bartenders to whip you up one of our 3 champagne cocktails!

So when you are out and about in the neighborhood, stop in and see us down at the cafe!