The Duck Inn Launching Brunch; Billy Joel Dines at Gibson's; More

BRIDGEPORT— The Duck Inn is launching brunch service on Sunday. Check out the full menu PDF here. There's also a pretty extensive brunch drink menu, so check that out here. Featured dishes include sweetcorn funnel cake with blueberries, Maryland crab crepe with Calabrian chili hollandaise and chai bread pudding french toast with English Treacle. And yes, there's duck confit hash with a duck egg and Wisconsin cheese mornay sauce. [EaterWire]

GOLD COAST— Billy Joel and four of his friends on Wednesday dined at Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse. This was before Thursday's show at Wrigley Field. They sat at table 64 and shared several steaks and ordered the seafood tower. [EaterWire]

LOGAN SQUARE— Catalpa Kitchen's opening date has been pushed back to Tuesday. The Logan Square-take on a modern diner was supposed to soft open on Saturday, but they're now gearing to begin serving next week, executive chef Bryan McClaran said. [EaterWire]

LINCOLN PARK— Nando's Peri-Peri's third Chicago location will open Sept. 23 at the New City development at Clybourn and Halsted. That's it for expansion, for now, for the South African chicken chain. [EaterWire]

RIVER WEST— Starting Friday and through Thursday, The Paramount Room's celebrating its eighth birthday with a free pint of beer with purchase of a featured burger. There's also a free barbecue from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m on Sunday, plus 20 percent of food and beer the entire night. [EaterWire]

LOGAN SQUARE— Pipeworks Brewing Co. is hosting a special Sept. 3 screening of "The Big Lebowski" at the Logan Theater. They will also tap their 10.5-percent ABV White Russian imperial stout called "Hey Careful Man, There's a Beverage Here." Tickets are available at the door or here. The tapping's at 9 p.m., so enjoy your Caucasian. [EaterWire]