Ho I Ioko Sola! (spring into sola)

Aloha,
The weather is finally warming up in Chicago! Here at sola we are taking advantage of all the fresh ingredients that spring brings.

Three-Course Prix-fixe $30

Every Tuesday and Wednesday, we offer a three course prix-fixe menu for dinner, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The menu highlights each month's featured ingredient.

Bananas!

This month we are featuring the most well known tropical fruit, the banana! Take care of your banana craving by also stopping into sola during Brunch to try the Banana Macadamia Nut Pancakes with Nutella Cream!

Facts about Bananas

There are five types of bananas:
* Red: have a green/red peel and pink fruit flesh. They taste the same as yellow bananas. The redder a fruit, the more carotene it contains, so maybe they are healthier than their yellow colleagues.

* Fruit: are the normal, yellow bananas, 15-30 cm.

* Apple: are smaller, 8-10 cm. and ripen faster. They are also yellow.

* Baby: is yellow as well and measure 6-8 cm. It is the sweetest of the banana family

* Baking: are 30-40 cm. large and are green, yellow or red-like. They cannot be eaten raw. They fulfill the role of the potato in the tropical countries.

Sunday, May 11th

Dinner reservations are available for Mother's Day

Open for Brunch

sola is open for Brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Some of the highlights on the Brunch menu include our black forest omelette,gruyere, crispy leeks, black forest ham, caramelized onions and banana macadamia nut pancakes, bananas, macadamia nuts, nutella cream, in addition to an assortment of mouth-watering brunch cocktails.

10th Annual Food Arts BBQ Challenge

2008 will mark the 10th annual Food Arts BBQ to benefit Share Our Strength. The BBQ Challenge is hosted by Food Arts on May 18th at Galleria Marchetti during the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago. Sola won this challenge last year with our mini short rib sandwiches accompanied with pineapple milkshakes. This year we're going for the "back to back" win, with our 'kalua' berkshire pork sandwiches with pickled pineapple and sola mai tai's.

Drink of the Month

Aloe Ha

Get ready for summer by sipping on sola's Aloe Ha, a mixture of ketel one, bombay sapphire, aloe juice, white grape juice, and lime. Although, you probably don't have sunburn yet, the aloe will be sure to calm and relax!