Free Lunch at I Dream of Falafel; Bangers & Lace Beer Club; Gay Group Protests Chick-fil-A;

DOWNTOWN—I Dream of Falafel will host a grand opening at its newest location (555 W. Monroe) Thursday. Anyone who makes a suggested $5 donation to Common Threads gets free lunch. [EaterWire]

WICKER PARK—Bangers & Lace will introduce its Beer of the Month Club this weekend. For $50, your annual membership allows you to try the current "six pack" of beers on tap each month. [EaterWire]

GOLD COAST—GetEQUAL, a group in support of same-sex marriage, held a protest outside the soon-to-open Chick-fil-A location near the Loyola campus and handed out coupons for a "bigot-fil-A deluxe" saying it's "seasoned with homo/transphobia topped with workplace inequality." [Windy City Times via Grub Street]