The Berkshire Room to Celebrate Two-Year Anniversary with Specials, New Menus and More, 7/19

Chicago, IL -- The Berkshire Room -- a craft cocktail lounge from The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group beverage director Benjamin Schiller located at 15 East Ohio Street inside the ACME Hotel Company in River North -- will host celebrate its Two-Year Anniversary Party with specials, weekend lunch hours, and new summer cocktail and food menus on Sunday, July 19.

The Berkshire Room will open at 11am on Sunday, July 19 and the Two-Year Anniversary Party begins at 4pm. Guests will treated to complimentary passed food items from the new upscale bar snacks menu from executive chef Chris Davies and executive pastry chef Chris Teixeira from 4pm to 6pm.

The Berkshire Room's new summer cocktail menu will also debut during the Two-Year Anniversary Party. Schiller and his bartending team have created seven new house cocktails for the summer (all $12 each) that will join mainstay "The Weston" on the menu. All of these cocktails will be available for the first time on Sunday, July 19 and are listed at the bottom of this press release. Schiller also updated the wine, craft beer, and spirits selections on The Berkshire Room's summer menu.

Guests will receive complimentary tastings of The Berkshire Room's new Wild Turkey Single Barrel bourbon that Schiller and his team had-selected from the distillery during the Two-Year Anniversary Party. Other specials from open to close during the Two-Year Anniversary Party include $2 Hamm's cans, $4 Anderson Valley Boont Amber cans, $4 Anderson Valley The Kimmie, The Yink & The Holy Gose cans, $12 22oz Anderson Valley Boont Barl Bourbon Barrel Amber Ale bottles, $12 22oz Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout bottles.

Davies and Chris Teixeira has been completely overhauled and broken down into five sections: Dealer's Choice Bar Snacks, Dealer's Choice Meats & Cheeses, Small Plates, Hot Sandwiches, and Desserts. The full menu is listed below. The full food menu and the entire beverage program offerings will be available from open to close every day The Berkshire Room is open starting on Sunday, July 19 including weekend lunch hours. Starting on July 19, The Berkshire Room hours will be: 4pm - 2am Mondays thru Fridays 11am - 3am Saturdays 11am - 2am Sundays Previously, The Berkshire Room opened at 4pm daily.

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DEALER'S CHOICE BAR SNACKS
Three 2oz portions for 8. One 4oz portion for 6.

* Seasonal Pickled Vegetables
* Smoked Almonds
* Candied Mixed Nuts
* Spiced Fried Chickpeas
* Bacon Dusted Popcorn
* Smoked Whitefish Rillette & Crostini
* Tobacco Onion Dip & Crostini
* Three Sisters Farm Bean Dip & Crostini

DEALER'S CHOICE MEATS & CHEESES
Pick any three for 18 // pick any five for 27.

Chef's rotating artisan charcuterie & cheese selections served with house accoutrements & crostini.

SMALL PLATES

FRIED CONFIT DUCK WINGS with bourbon gastrique glaze 8

GRILLED & CHILLED SPANISH OCTOPUS SALAD with preserved citrus, candied lemon, & zucchini puree 15

FILO DOUGH WRAPPED ASPARAGUS with parmesan, braised leeks, asparagus puree & brown butter sabayon 10

FRIED PIG FACE with peas, pickled pearl onions, frisee & green garlic vinaigrette 13

MARKET FLATBREAD with herb oil, artisanal cheeses & seasonal vegetables 9
add charcuterie + 3

SOFT PRETZEL BITES with beer mustard and house cheese sauce 8

HOT SANDWICHES
Served with creamy coleslaw and house salt & vinegar chips.

BRAISED SHORT RIB FRENCH DIP with red onion, provolone cheese, horseradish crème fraîche, & arugula on a toasted baguette with a side of au jus 14

BRAISED BACON REUBEN with swiss cheese, thousand island dressing & house-fermented sauerkraut on marble rye toast 13|

PULLED CHICKEN with cheddar cheese, crispy fried red onion, roasted corn salsa & chili-lime aioli on a toasted pretzel bun 12

FRIED PICKLED GREEN TOMATO with romesco sauce & arugula on multigrain toast 12

DESSERTS

BOURBON PANNA COTTA with poached cherries, cherry gel & oat crumble 8

"SHORTCAKE" with rye biscuit, vodka-roasted plums & crème fraîche chantilly 8

VANILLA RICE PUDDING with blueberry compote & cornmeal clusters 8

TART with 64% dark chocolate ganache, lemon curd & basil-compressed blackberries 8

HOUSE COCKTAILS

SHE NOT HE Scotch, Apricot, Ginger, Sea Salt(rocks glass)

UPSY-DAISY Gin, Grapefruit, Dry Curacao Lime (coupe glass)

LAST I HEARD Rum, Amer Bigallet, Angostura, Basil (coupe glass)

LONG AFTERNOON Choice of Vodka, Gin, or Tequila with Aperol, Cucumber, Spanish Bitters.
(collins glass)

SATURN Gin, House Falernum, Orgeat, Lemon (tiki glass)

MOUNTAIN MAN Rye, Amaro Lucano, Carpano Antica, Stone Pine (rocks glass)

EL CAMINO Aperol, Grapefruit, IPA (collins glass)

WESTON Wheated Bourbon, Dark Matter Coffee Essence, Pipe Tobacco (rocks glass)

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