Epic's Black Friday Discounts; Ceres' Table Turns Four; More

RIVER NORTH—Epic is offering holiday shoppers a 25% dining discount on Black Friday from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Just show your shopping receipt to your server and get your bill reduced. The restaurant's lounge menu will be half price from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. that day as well. [EaterWire]

UPTOWN—Ceres' Table is celebrating their fourth anniversary this weekend (November 29 and 30). Come in for a complimentary anniversary cocktail and enjoy the food that helped nab them a 2014 Michelin Bib Gourmand. [EaterWire]

MOUNT GREENWOOD—South suburban pizza chain Barraco's is making an expansion north with the opening of their location in Mount Greenwood (3047 W. 111th St.). The chain, which opened their first location in Evergreen Park in 1980, plans to open the new location on March 1, 2014. [DNAinfo]

PILSEN—Pilsen is getting a breakfast boost with the opening of Bistro 18 (1640 W. 18th St.) from chef/owner Rafael Bautista in mid-December. The restaurant will boast American breakfast grub (pancakes, homemade turkey sausage), but also plans on putting out good burgers along with more Latin-centric items such as pipian pumpkin seed mole sauce. [DNAinfo]
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