Pride items, Da Pope ale and a special dedication

SAVORY news for the week of June 1, 2025

—✨✨SPOTLIGHT: It’s all about Pride Month, and several restaurants are spotlighting the LGBTQ+ community themselves with specials.

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• Join Aba in Chicago’s Fulton Market for the fourth annual Pride Power Hour in honor of Pride Month on Wed., June 25, 5-7 p.m. Enjoy select cocktails with 50% of Pride Power Hour Menu sales going to Brave Space Alliance, the first Black and trans-led LGBTQ+ center on Chicago’s South Side.

  

  Sweet Mandy B’s Pride cupcake. Photo courtesy of Sweet Mandy B's

• In honor of Pride Month, Sweet Mandy B’s in Lincoln Park and Streeterville will offer a festive lineup of limited-time sweets and colorful confections. Items will include confetti cookies with rainbow sprinkles, cupcakes with yellow cake and a rainbow sugar decoration, rainbow iced Rice Krispies, rainbow cake slices and more.

• Throughout June, Beatrix will donate $1 from every Pineapple Habanero Margarita sold across all locations to Center on Halsted, the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ+ community center supporting LGBTQ+ health, wellness and cultural enrichment since 1973. Plus, Nosotros Tequila will match Beatrix’s donation to help support.

• This June, Uvae Kitchen & Wine Bar in Andersonville is raising a glass to Pride. In support of the LGBTQ+ community, Uvae will feature a specialty Pink Pony Club cocktail created for Pride all month long, donating $5 from each cocktail sold to the Chicago Therapy Collective. The drink special is $17 each and features Supergay Gin (naturally), fresh lemon juice, strawberry balsamic reduction and simple syrup.

• At The Goddess & Grocer (multiple locations), $1 from every slice of Goddess Rainbow Cake with six layers of the rainbow layered with buttercream frosting and garnished with colored sprinkles will go to Center on Halsted.

• Summer House is celebrating Pride Month with a special sweet treat: the Rainbow Sugar Rush cookie—a classic sugar cookie a glow-up with rainbow sprinkles and a colorful frosting design. All Summer House locations will donate a portion of proceeds from sales of the cookie, available for $5.50 each plus tax, to The Trevor Project, a national non-profit supporting LGBTQ+ youth (ages 13-24) with 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention services. Spread some love this Pride Month and swing by The Cookie Bar or make a reservation at Summer House-Lincoln Park.

• In honor of Pride Month, $1 from every order of oysters (*Beau Soleil Oysters, with pickled shallot, champagne mignonette) at Cindy’s Rooftop this June will be donated to Howard Brown Health.

• Throughout June, Ema’s River North location will donate $1 from every Cactus Queen cocktail sold to support affirming, accessible care at Howard Brown Health. In addition, the Glenview site will donate $1 from every Cactus Queen cocktail sold to Glenview Pride, whose mission is to foster and promote a safe and inclusive environment for the LGBTQ+ community in Glenview.

• Celebrate Pride Month at Chicago’s first and only Lebanese tasting menu concept, Beity, which is led by Executive Chef/owner Ryan Fakih. Throughout June, Beity will offer weekend brunch, daily à la carte selections and full tasting menu experiences, along with a curated selection of wines from queer winemakers Terah Bajjalieh of Terah Wine Co. and Evan Lewandowski of Ruth Lewandowski Wines. A portion of proceeds from these featured wines will be donated to Brave Space Alliance, and a specialty cocktail will be available during service to toast the occasion.