ASCAP Hits Fatpour & Kirkwood With Lawsuits; Son of a Butcher Opening June 5; More

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE/LAKEVIEW— Big Onion Tavern Group, the owner of Fatpour Tap Works, and Four Corners Tavern Group, the owner of the Kirkwood Bar and Grill, are in some legal trouble for alleged failure to pay the licensing fees to play music. The American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) have hit the groups with separate lawsuits, claiming they weren't properly licensed to play songs by AC/DC, Beck, Tone Loc, and others. The suit wants $750 to $30,000 for each violation. [DNAinfo]

AVONDALE— Son of a Butcher is opening on June 5 at 2934 W. Diversey Ave. Pearl Tavern's Adolfo Garcia and chef Frank Valdez have teamed up to develop a meat-centric full-service concept. [Logan Squarist]

GREEKTOWN— Blackhawks defensemen Duncan Keith made one Wishbone staffer happy by giving her and her son a pair a free tickets to the May 23 Hawks' playoff game. The restaurant wrote: "This was an undreamed of experience that will live always in her heart and memory." [EaterWire]

RIVER NORTH— Eataly is celebrating Negroni Week with a Campari bar pop-up from June 1 through June 7. They'll bump Vino Libero on the second floor out of their spot for the week and serve up five Negronis. Proceeds benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository. [EaterWire]

LAKEVIEW— Paddy Long's will give customers a free piece of bacon with every drink purchased after midnight from Sunday through Thursday, until they run out. The bacon variety will rotate nightly. [EaterWire]