Do This: New Holland Beer Dinner at Bella Bacinos

There are a lot of fixed price dinners happening around town these days, but Bella Bacinos (75 E. Wacker Dr., 312-263-2350) is not one of the places we would immediately associate with hosting one, let alone a beer dinner.

That's exactly what they're doing this evening, with a $30, five-course dinner featuring beer pairings from New Holland Brewing Company from 6-8 p.m. Although we fear that the beer may actually be better than the food, that's a deal. When we made our reservations for this dinner at 2:30 p.m. yesterday, we were told that plenty of seats were still available.