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Hearty Boys – Lakeview

$59 for Three-Course Dinner Experience for Two with Drink Pairings and a Copy of “The New Old Bar” (Up to $120 Value)

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In a Nutshell

To celebrate the release of their book, which includes 200+ cocktail recipes, the Hearty Boys pair drinks with updates on American classics

The Fine Print

  • Expires 90 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person. Reservation required. Dine-in only. Merchant is solely responsible for all sales and delivery of alcohol. Must provide 21+ ID to receive alcoholic beverages. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.
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Having a partner turns bouncing a ball into a tennis match, a monologue into a conversation, and a bear attack into a slightly longer bear attack. Experience the power of pairing with this Groupon.

$59 for a Dinner and Cocktail Experience (Up to $120 Value)

  • Three-course dinner for two from the prix fixe menu (up to an $80 value)
  • Cocktail pairings for two with each course (a $20 value)
  • One copy of The New Old Bar by the Hearty Boys (a $20 value)

As diners enjoy new takes on traditional American dishes, such as beefaroni made with braised short ribs in a merlot reduction served over elbow noodles and butternut squash in a vintage Pyrex dish, they also get to sample the spot's craft cocktails, many of which draw inspiration from pre-Prohibition recipes.

The New Old Bar features every single cocktail the Hearty Boys serve, enabling diners to make their favorites at home. "It's a guide written for the average person," says coauthor Steve McDonagh. In addition to 200+ cocktail recipes, the book contains about two dozen bar-snack recipes. "It's about setting up the bar with crunchy, salty snacks and great cocktails," he says.

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Before moving to Chicago, Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh began their culinary careers in New York as a way to support themselves while they looked for work as actors. It wasn’t their acting that brought the duo to stardom, however. Against odds of 10,000 to 1, they sent a tape into the Food Network and, to their surprise, became the first-ever winners of the Next Food Network Star contest, landing their own show on the cable channel. That success enabled them to grow their catering business’s small café into a full-fledged restaurant serving up brunch, lunch, and dinner.

"Our focus is on what we love, which is mid-century food and the American culture of dining, and that kind of collective memory we have . . . taking those recipes and updating them for a modern palate," Steve says. For example, they top sweet potatoes with black-thyme-pepper marshmallows and create corn dogs with rabbit sausage in red-velvet butter. Steve says that they love creating conversation at their tables, especially as guests reminisce about memories evoked by dishes such as tuna noodle casserole and their Hearty mac ‘n’ cheese. "For Dan and I, that's a major part of the dining experience," he says. "If we can get their heads moving as well as their mouths, we feel pretty successful." Their efforts have paid off. "The duo is making magic by keeping it simple," said Phil Vettel in a review on WGN. "There's at least one wow ingredient on every plate. A simple burger is brightened with triple-cream cambozola cheese, sugar-cured bacon, and garlic aioli. Bacon-wrapped shrimp arrives on a pile of wonderful white cheddar grits . . . It's fun and delicious."

Dan heads the kitchen, while Steve forges many of the signature cocktails, aiming to discourage the intimidation that often surrounds craft cocktails. He and Dan even authored a book whose 200+ drink recipes include every cocktail made at Hearty, proving that everyone can make the drinks at home. Steve's even been known to chat up tables in hopes of introducing them to a new drink. "It's amazing, the amount of people who don't think they drink gin—so I have to force them," Steve says. "Once you have a gin that is different than that gin that you drank in the 1980s that was so harsh and juniper-heavy, once you're having one of these new American gins along with just simple fresh citrus and the other spirits… you understand what the fuss is about." He's also curated an exclusively American wine list with bottles from unexpected sources—including Dr. Frank's Salmon Run rkatsiteli from the Finger Lakes in New York, which he calls "floral and highly acidic . . . Everybody loves it."

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