Susan Feniger, pioneer in Latin cuisine with L.A.’s Border Grill and in food TV with Too Hot Tamales in the late 1990s, will be in Chicago Thursday, August 16. She’ll be signing and demoing from her new book STREET Food: Irresistibly Crispy, Creamy, Crunchy, Spicy, Sticky, Sweet Recipes at Williams-Sonoma at 900 N. Michigan Ave. at 1:00 p.m., and doing a pop-up dinner that night with her friend Tony Mantuano at Terzo Piano. The three-course family style dinner is $75; call 312-443-8650 for reservations.
• The Little Corporal would have been 243 on August 15, and the new Streeterville French restaurant Maison wants to make it extra special for him and you. The first 100 lunch guests (dine-in only) that day will be treated to a free picnic lunch with demi-baguette, pate, mixed green salad, eggs mayonnaise, and accompaniments, while wine glasses all day will be $2.43.
• Chicago’s newest brewery, Hopothesis Beer Company, will be happy to introduce you to its beer tomorrow night with a tapping at SmallBar Division from 6 to 9 p.m. They’ll be offering $5 pints of their debut I.P.A. and brewer/owner Ike will be on hand to talk spuds.
