Dining out: Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks
PSL is back!
If you've waited all year for the return of Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte, you're in luck as it returns Tuesday, Aug. 30. Along with it comes the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew topped with pumpkin cream cold foam and pumpkin spice. And there's also the slightly reinvented Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato, which this year is a blend of oat milk and blonde espresso garnished with a spiced apple drizzle. Plus, pumpkin flavors return to the bakery in the form of the limited-time pumpkin cream cheese muffin and pumpkin scone. The new owl cake pop, made with vanilla cake and buttercream, joins the bakery lineup, too.
Starbucks has locations throughout the suburbs; starbucks.com/.
Even more pumpkin
Frozen yogurt shop Red Mango is welcoming fall with pumpkin and pecan pie flavors. Available now through Christmas, pumpkin pie frozen yogurt contains pie bites and marshmallows, while the pecan pie frozen yogurt includes pie pieces and pecan pralines. If you favor smoothies, consider the spiced pumpkin pie flavor.
Red Mango has locations at 1605 S. River Road, Des Plaines; 6170 W. Grand Ave., Gurnee; 81 S. La Grange Road, La Grange; 111 W. Jackson Ave., Naperville; and 233 Town Square, Wheaton; redmangousa.com/.
Wild Wild West
Take a load off at JoJo's ShakeBAR's new Wild Wild West experience, which is taking over the treehouse on the second floor of the Naperville location starting Friday, Sept. 2. Besides transforming the space into a country hoedown-type atmosphere (think bales of hay, cowboy boots, etc.), JoJo's also will be serving up some new drinks, including the Cowboy Shake (chocolate rocky road base garnished with a chocolate-covered potato chip, a chocolate haystack and a cowboy cookie made with oatmeal, coconut and almonds under a chocolate drizzle), the Cowgirl Sangria (pinot grigio and prosecco with lemon, peach, blackberry and orange bitters served in a plastic cowgirl boot) and the Ranch Water (a blend of Calirosa Tequila, TopoChico, strawberry, tajin and lime). Head on over soon as the experience only run through Sept. 25.
JoJo's ShakeBAR is at 5 Jackson Ave., Naperville, (331) 204-6665, jojosshakebar.com/downtownnaperville.
BWW's Sauce Sauce
In time for the start of NFL football, Buffalo Wild Wings has partnered with New York Jets rookie cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner on the new limited-time Sauce Sauce. The specialty barbecue sauce is a blend of smokey, sweet and spicy flavors. It will be available in BWW restaurants throughout football season.
Buffalo Wild Wings has locations in Algonquin, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Crystal Lake, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Geneva, Gurnee, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, McHenry, Mount Prospect, Naperville, Northbrook, Round Lake Beach, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Vernon Hills, Warrenville, Waukegan, Woodridge, Chicago and other surrounding suburbs; buffalowildwings.com/.
Bourbon brunch
If you're a fan of bourbon, then consider making a reservation for A Graceful Ordinary's At Heaven's Door: A Distillery Brunch, happening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, when the St. Charles eatery will be celebrating its exclusive bourbon barrel from Heaven's Door (the whiskey brand co-founded by Bob Dylan). The menu starts with beignets with espresso crème anglaise before moving on to bananas Foster French toast, fried chicken and waffles, and bourbon butter pecan ice cream for dessert. It's $75 per person, which includes two bourbon drinks, one of which will be made with Heaven's Door. Tickets can be purchased at Resy (resy.com/).
The Graceful Ordinary is at 3 E. Main St., St. Charles, (331) 235-5803, thegracefulordinary.com/.
Miller's new 9
Change is good, and Miller's Ale House is doing that by adding nine new items to its menu. Choose from the chicken and pear salad, chimichurri steak salad, smashed queso burger, chicken scampi pasta bake, chicken pesto raviolo, chipotle chicken tacos, cilantro lime chicken, grilled barbecue chicken melt, or teriyaki steak and pot sticker skewers.
Miller's Ale House is at 778 N. Route 59, Aurora, (630) 332-8574; 455 E. Butterfield Road, Lombard, (630) 241-3371; and 1300 N. Meacham Road, Schaumburg, millersalehouse.com/.
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