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Chicago! Have Some Wine, Shave Your Head and Help Cure Childhood Cancer on Sunday, March 25

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Chicago has a great (and fun) way to fight childhood cancer this Sunday, March 25. The good people of Vintage 338 wine bar are hosting a St. Baldrick's event where volunteers will shave their head to help conquer childhood cancer. You can sign up here for this event, which is open to the public with drink specials that will help benefit St. Baldrick’s!

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. For a $5 contribution to St. Baldrick's you too can shave your head during the event, courtesy of Floyd’s 99 Barbershop in Lincoln Park! Did we mention the Complimentary Chili and Mac & Cheese Bar? (Vintage 338 has a great menu!)

Where: Vintage 338
338 W. Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 (Map)

Contact: Christopher Barkulis
773-525-0521 or cbarkulis@earthlink.net

Activity Schedule:
  • 2:00pm - 6:30pm For a $5 Donation to St. Baldrick's you can get your head shaved courtesy of Jada from Floyd's 99 Barbershop, located at 2572 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
  • 2:00pm - 6:30pm $1 off all drinks and $1 donated to St. Baldrick's by Vintage 338 for each purchased drink!
  • 2:00pm - 6:30pm $5 off all wine bottles and $5 donated to St. Baldrick's by Vintage 338 for every purchased bottle!
  • 2:00pm - Until We Run Out! Free Chili and Mac & Cheese Bar
Not quite ready to shave your head, but would love to help this fantastic charity? No problem. Go to the event page to donate directly to St. Baldrick’s! Also, Vintage 338 is offering up some other great ways to contribute:  $1 Off every glass of wine, beer, or mixed drink purchased and Vintage 338 will donate $1 to the St. Baldrick's Foundation, PLUS All Bottles of Red, White and Sparkling Wine will be $5 off and Vintage 338 will donate $5 per bottle to the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

RoPa Restaurant Opens Sept. 2nd

Good news, Rogers Park foodies! The long-anticipated RoPa restaurant will open next week. This is contrary to the fear that they would not open and highlights some very bad reporting by one of the local bloggers, who wrote that the owners had "apparently run into some kind of problem." They haven't, and they will soon be serving lamb kebabs. Owner Tirak told The Bench today that RoPa Restaurant and Wine Bar will open at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2. RoPa (a contraction of "Rogers Park"). They will specialize in upscale Mediterranean-American cuisine. RoPa is located in the former space of Suron, a Persian restaurant, at 1146 W. Pratt Blvd., just east of the 7-Eleven on the northeast corner of N. Sheridan Road and W. Pratt Avenue in Rogers Park, just steps from Lake Michigan.