Five Things to Know Today: June 22

Looking for things to do? Stuff to know? People to meet? We've got it all in our "Five Things" feature.

1. Join the Bolingbrook Park District's New Running Club From the Bolingbrook Park District's Facebook page: Get into top form for Parkie's 5K, or just learn more about the joys of the simple sport of running with our new Running Club. Brought to you by LifeStyles, this free club will meet Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 am at the Bolingbrook Recreation & Aquatic Complex. First meeting, June 25, is informational purposes. Program is geared toward beginners, but may split into groups to support more advanced runners. Questions? Call (630) 739-1700. 2. Free Hard Cider Tasting at Branmor's  Head over to Branmor's American Grill for the restaurant's first hard cider tasting event of the year The event will take place on tonight from 5:30 p.m…

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Munch Madness: Battle of the Time Period Diners

You've heard of March Madness, right? Well, this is Munch Madness—Bolingbrook Patch's attempt to find the best restaurant in all of the village.

If there's one thing Bolingbrook's not short on, it's culinary choices. In fact, there are so many restaurants in Bolingbrook that Bolingbrook Patch had a tough time narrowing the field to just 64 eateries for its first-ever Munch Madness.  Munch Madness runs along the same lines as the much-hyped March Madness except it uses Bolingbrook restaurants instead of college basketball squads.  That's right, 64 Bolingbrook restaurants, all vying for top status in the village. Now we're not egotistical enough to tell you what restaurants you do and don't like. That's why we're letting you decide which eateries take home Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and Bolingbrook Champion honors. You eat there. You vote. You decide which restaurant could be …

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The Local Dish

Branmor's a Bit Pricey, But Worth It

Branmor's American Grill offers delicious upscale cuisine and a lively bar.

A friend recently told me it was blasphemous that I, a lifetime resident of Bolingbrook, had never eaten at Branmor's American Grill. Well, not wanting to disgrace my Bolingbrook roots, I decided I'd better give it a try. I went to Branmor's on a Monday night and had no wait to be seated (though the bar seemed almost full, likely because of Monday Night Football). Once seated, the waitress did a fine job of explaining the menu and specials for the evening, and immediately got my mouth watering with her descriptions of the appetizers.  To reward her salesmanship, I ordered the Gorgonzola Brushetta and the Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Mushrooms. The brushetta order was huge — so big, in fact, that I could have eaten it for my entire meal. The …

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Branmor's Pours Free Beer. No, Really!

Restaurant's unique tasting experiences lure customers and offer lessons to beer-drinking novices.

Free beer. That's right, free. As in, at no cost. Simply uttering the two-syllable shibboleth gets the 21-and-older crowd as excited as children in an amusement park. Grown men become giddy. Their wives sometimes roll their eyes. Everyone has become a bit more happy because somebody said "free beer." As local business owner Roumel Reynon has quickly found out, free beer can quite possibly be the best advertising slogan ever known to the beer-sipping man. Reynon is the general manager at Branmor's American Grill, which has hosted a handful of free beer-tasting events to lure customers during the summer months. The restaurant already has hosted free beer tastings with breweries such as Sam Adams and Leinenkugels. Each customer receives eight…

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Lorraine Swanson

2:05 pm on Friday, September 10, 2010

Beer here!   more ›