Alumni Club Bar & Grill, 871 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, will host a Super Bowl party from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The $20 cost includes a buffet and drinks. Call 847-397-3100.
Dave’s Specialty Foods, 512 W. Northwest Highway, Mt. Prospect, will hold a cooking class on appetizers and hors d’oeuvres from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Students will learn how to prepare phyllo-wrapped caramelized apple and brie, goat cheese and smoked salmon tart and Swiss fondue. The $40 cost includes recipes and a light meal. To resister, call 847-259-9510.
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Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar, 800 W. Lake-Cook Rd., Buffalo Grove, will have lunch and dinner specials throughout winter. Specials will include lamb osso bucco, braised lamb shank served over red-skinned mashed potatoes for $16.95; oven-roasted rosemary chicken with herb butter, fresh vegetable and potatoes for $11.95; oven-roasted salmon with vegetable and potato for $14.95; and French onion soup for $4.95. Lunch hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Dinner is 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Sunday brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 847-520-7447.
Williams-Sonoma in Deer Park Town Center, 20530 N. Rand Rd., Deer Park, will hold cooking classes taught by chefs from area restaurants through March. Desserts by Le Titi de Paris will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, followed by February Dinner Party Menu by Stoney River Legendary Steaks on Feb. 6. Valentine’s Day by Le Titi de Paris will be taught Feb. 11. Classes cost $35. Call 847-550-0803.
D. Bob’s American Bistro, 827 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, will have a Valentine’s Day menu called Cupid’s Secret on Feb. 14 and 15 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The three-course dinner for two features a choice of such appetizers as arugula salad with roasted beet and tomato or vodka cured salmon with red cornmeal polenta. Entrees include broiled chateaubriand, chateaubriand and ahi tuna, and chateaubriand and lobster tail. All dinners come with porcini mashed potatoes and roasted root vegetables with bearnaise sauce. Dessert will be red velvet cake. Dinners cost $59, $79 or $99 a couple. Reservations are required. Call 847-692-2829.
Milk Pail Restaurant & Entertainment Complex, 14N630 Illinois Highway 25, East Dundee, will host a Valentine’s murder-mystery dinner show, “Mystery at the Mardi Gras,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 15. The $60 cost includes the show, dinner, tax and gratuity. The restaurant will serve a Valentine’s jazz brunch featuring a Dixieland band from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 16. The cost is $16.95 for adults, $7.95 for children 3 to 10 and free for children under 3. Special Valentine’s dinners featuring filet mignon and lobster will be offered Feb. 14 and 15. For reservations, call 847-742-5040.
Le Titi de Paris, 1015 W. Dundee Rd., Arlington Heights, will serve a Valentine’s Day dinner Feb. 14. The five-course dinner will begin with chilled terrine of carrot, crimini mushrooms, broccoli and cauliflower, followed by a petite mesclun salad with roasted shallot vinaigrette. Potato and tarragon-crusted bass with lobster risotto and saffron sauce will be served next, followed by strawberry champagne sorbet. Entree choices will include tenderloin of beef with Italian prosciutto, Gruyere cheese and cabernet sauvignon reduction; loin of Texas venison over black rice and huckleberry essence; and seared Atlantic salmon over homemade dill fettuccine and cider sauce. Dessert will be a choice of raspberry and passion fruit napoleon with almond tuile cookies or warm bittersweet chocolate ambrosia with Dulce du Leche ice cream. The cost is $59 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required. Call 847-506-0222.
Duke O’Brien’s, 110 N. Main St., Crystal Lake, will offer a special Valentine’s Day dinner for two. The five-course, five-wine meal will begin with Maryland crab cakes with cilantro mayonnaise and orange salsa paired with Benziger chardonnay. Roasted red bell pepper bisque with pesto crouton paired with Bollini pinot grigio will be served next, followed by a salad of field greens blue cheese, caramelized almonds and fresh berry vinaigrette paired with Napa Ridge pinot noir. The entree will be a petite Black Angus filet mignon served with sea scallops and paired with Buena Vista cabernet sauvignon. An assortment of imported chocolates paired with J. Roget brut sparkling wine will conclude the dinner. Dinner for two is $79.95. Reservations are required. Call 815-356-9980.
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