The primary time La Bahia Grill participated within the annual Champaign County Space Restaurant Week final yr, this downtown Champaign Mexican restaurant was nearly new.
Wait till you see what house owners Magely Azila and Leonel Carmona have in retailer for his or her second foray into Restaurant Week, working January 27-February four.
They’re nonetheless finalizing the menu, Azila stated, however the plan is to serve two entrees, two entrees (one in all them a brand new dish) and two desserts.
This would be the seventh annual Restaurant Week, a nine-day celebration of what eating places all through Champaign County have to supply, that includes Filipino, Indian, Cambodian, Thai, Laotian, Mexican, Caribbean, Italian, Zambian, Vegetarian, vegan, soul meals, farm-to-table and commonplace American fare, based on Go to Champaign County.
Extra eating places take part annually, so anticipate the tentative listing of taking part eating places the company has posted to develop subsequent month, based on Terri Reifsteck, vp of selling and group engagement for Go to Champaign County.
Azila stated La Bahia Grill at 132 W. Church St., C, tentatively plans to serve nachos supreme and papas locas for appetizers, a dish that features a mixture of seafood in a selfmade sauce and a brand new dish that has but to be named. (however it is going to most likely be Volcan, Spanish for volcano, Azila stated) for each entrees and churros and fried cheesecake (chimichanga-style) for dessert.
LaBahia Grill just lately added breakfast to their menu. The restaurant is now open 7am-3pm for breakfast, 11am-3pm for lunch, and 3pm-close for dinner.
Restaurant patrons wishing to take part in Restaurant Week can view the listing of taking part eating places at visithampaigncounty.org/occasions/restaurant-week, then make reservations or assessment takeout choices.
And for an opportunity to win a $100 reward card to the Champaign County restaurant of your selection, share your eating expertise with photographs with #CCRestaurantWeek.
Ameren Trip Scholarships
Ameren Illinois introduced that it has awarded $120,000 to 12 nonprofit organizations in its service space by way of its Ameren Cares program.
Two of the $10,000 grant recipients within the native space included the Effectively Expertise, Urbana and Survivor Useful resource Middle, Danville.
recreation day particular
The place will you watch the Illinois vs. Mississippi State on Monday morning?
The oldsters at Aspen Faucet Home in Champaign hope you may observe their lead.
Supervisor Rachel Rosenbaum stated the restaurant/bar will open an hour early Monday morning, at 10 a.m., earlier than the 11 a.m. recreation.
“We need to give Champaign-Urbana the perfect probability to see the entire recreation,” he stated.
Through the recreation, he stated, the burgers will likely be purchase one get one free.
Rosenbaum stated he would not understand how huge the group is to anticipate. It may be a Monday morning, when lots of people will likely be working. Then again, he stated, lots of people are nonetheless on winter break.
“However we’re planning for an enormous crowd,” he stated.
Regionally made artisan chocolate
Introducing Chikondi Craft Chocolate, a brand new Savoy-based firm from Miranda Church and Shawnae Prepare dinner.
The chocolate is described as “bean to bar” utilizing single-origin cocoa beans, with “high quality high-quality cocoa” because the star ingredient.
Chikondi sources its fair-trade cocoa beans from tropical international locations and makes use of a course of that entails hand grading and cautious roasting of every batch “to carry out the origin’s distinctive taste profile,” based on the corporate’s web site.
“The beans are winnowed to take away the outer shell after which floor with natural cane sugar and cocoa butter for at the least 24 hours earlier than being tempered into bark and different Chikondi sweets,” he continues.
The cocoa roasters are the husbands of the 2 house owners, Dan Church and Phillip Prepare dinner.
The chocolate is made in a industrial kitchen in Savoy and is offered on-line in three-ounce chocolate bark packages, based on Dan and Miranda Church.
The enterprise additionally presents rising markets and lessons.
An occasion developing: an artisan chocolate and whiskey pairing occasion at The Venue CU at 51 E. Foremost St., C scheduled for January 27.
It should embody a quick historical past of the artisanal and chocolate making course of utilized by Chikondi and an summary of varied whiskeys, adopted by a sampling of varied chocolate and whiskey combos.
Miranda Church stated Chikondi Slurping Chocolate, a dessert drink, is presently accessible at Maize Mexican Grill’s Maize on the Station, 100 N. Chestnut St, C.