Dunkin’ Donuts stores will sell 25-cent medium-size cups of coffee on Mondays in February to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. A portion of coffee sales will go to support the 17th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, an intrastate relay fundraiser in June for Special Olympics athletes. The run will include more than 3,000 officers representing all branches of law enforcement who will carry the Flame of Hope nearly 1,500 miles throughout Illinois. Call 800-394-0562, or visit www.soill.org. for information about Special Olympics.
Coleman’s Restaurant, 2555 Bunker Hill Rd., Algonquin, has weekly fish and prime rib specials. An all-you-can-eat dinner of fried Icelandic cod includes fries, coleslaw and soup or salad Wednesdays and Fridays for $8.95. A prime rib special that includes a potato, a vegetable and soup or salad is available Saturdays for $12.95. Call 847-458-6600.
La Tasca Tapas, 25 W. Davis St., Arlington Heights, will feature Spanish music by Carlos Ortego and his Latin Combo Casolando on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. The group plays music inspired by the ballads of Colombia. Call 847-398-2400.
Le Titi de Paris, 1015 W. Dundee Rd., Arlington Heights, is featuring bouillabaisse and cassoulet on its winter menu. Cassoulet, a dish from southwest France, is a combination of white beans, sausage, goose, lamb and duck confit. Bouillabaisse, from the south of France, is a tomato-based fish soup prepared with 8 to 10 kinds of fish and shellfish, flavored with anise and saffron. Cassoulet will be available for $29.50 on the dinner menu Tuesday to Friday and Feb. 12 and 13. Bouillabaisse will be available for $29.50 Friday, Feb. 19, 20, 22 and Feb. 26 to 28. Call 847-506-0222.
Big Bowl, 1950 E. Higgins Rd., Schaumburg, will ring in the “Year of the Horse” with its annual Chinese New Year celebration featuring traditional lion dancers, New Year’s dinner and a dim sum brunch Feb. 11 to 17. Special items throughout the New Year celebration will include hot and sour soup; crabmeat pot stickers; Shanghai noodles with shrimp and Sichuan sauce; seafood curry chow fun; and hot and sour salmon. Big Bowl will have a New Year’s dinner featuring Chinese hot and sour soup, crabmeat pot stickers with ginger-vinegar sauce, seafood curry chow fun noodles, and braised short ribs at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13. Dessert will be a warm ginger cookie with vanilla ice cream. The cost is $24.95 or $29.95 with Chinese beer. The celebration will also include a dim sum brunch trip to Big Bowl, 60 E. Ohio St., Chicago, at 10 a.m. Feb, 17., followed by a bus trip to the official Chinatown parade. A bus will take participants to and from the Schaumburg location beginning at 9 a.m. The cost is $46.95 per person or $85 a couple; $25 for ages 7 to 15; and free for children 6 and younger. Call 847-808-8880.
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