Boston Culinary EventsHungry? Need to fill your culinary calendar? Here is where you will find all the restaurant and culinary happenings in Boston. We feature a calendar of special dinners, tasting menus, prix-fixe meals, food festivals and other culinary events, including regularly occurring food events as well as special one-time-only events featuring top chefs. Keep checking back so you can know all that's going on in the world of restaurant and food events in Boston. We've also got the latest Boston Restaurant News and Wine Events.
Mondays through March 26
The popular Guest Chef Mondays is now back at Stella for the third year in a row. The program runs through March 26. Chef Evan Deluty has invited some of the city's top chefs to cook at his restaurant and feature a special appetizer, entrée and dessert for $40 per person. Chefs this year include Michael Schlow, Dante de Magistris, Anthony Caturano, Marc Orfaly, Kevin Long and Jamie Bissonnette, among others. Dinners start at 5:30 p.m. and reservations are highly recommended. For more information, call 617-247-7747 or visit bostonstella.com. Stella, 1525 Washington St., Boston, MA 02118, 617-247-7747.
Ongoing
The prices may be a bit steep at Craigie on Main, but chef Tony Maws tries to keep things low-key and homey with a nightly prix-fixe "neighborhood menu" for $39.95, with the chef's choice of salad, entrée and dessert. Craigie on Main, 853 Main St., Cambridge, MA 02139, 617-497-5511.
Monday through Friday
Cheap eats and Latin beats are what you'll find at Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar's happy hour weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m. The Mexican-inspired Back Bay restaurant offers $1 chicken, pork or brisket mini tacos along with daily $2 chef specials, paired with $2 Coronitas (7 oz. Coronas). The restaurant also offers more than 200 tequilas if you prefer to linger past happy hour. Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar, 271 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA 02116, 617-369-5609.
Monday through Friday
Executive chef/owner Evan Deluty of Stella is offering a $5 appetizer menu Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. The cheap bites menu includes Stella classics like spicy mussels, grilled Italian sausage and crispy duck leg and can be enjoyed at the bar, lounge or outdoor patio. Stella, 1525 Washington St., Boston, MA 02118, 617-247-7747. 
TuesdaysMake tracks to Beacon Hill for a four-course, prix-fixe dinner at two of the neighborhood's most popular eateries: Lala Rokh and Bin 26 Enoteca. The sister restaurants team up on Tuesdays for a progressive dinner. Enjoy two Mediterranean courses at romantic Lala Rokh, then wander down the street for pasta and dessert at lively Bin 26. The menu changes monthly and costs $49 per person. Seatings begin at 6 p.m. Lala Rokh and Bin 26, 97 Mount Vernon St., Boston. For more information, call 617-720-5511 or visit www.lalarokh.com.
Wednesdays
T.W. Food, a French fantasyland that prefers to fly below the radar, is branching out on Wednesday nights. Fastidious chef Tim Wiechmann lets loose a bit with Improv Wednesdays, a free-wheeling five-course meal. For $39, put yourself in Wiechmann's capable hands---no ordering allowed. The whimsical menu is available after 8:30 p.m. and reservations are recommended. T.W. Food , 377 Walden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-864-4745.
Saturdays & Sundays
L'Espalier serves Fantasy Tea on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. "Make Way for Ducklings" costs $27 and includes petit fours, tea and pastries like the L'Espalier espresso cream swan. "Red Riding Hood's Basket" costs $36 and includes canapés, tea sandwiches (smoked salmon, curried egg salad, lobster salad on pretzel roll), pastries, petit fours and tea. Tea selections include English "Keemun Hao Ya," Earl Grey, Wild Mint, Crimson Berry and Darjeeling. The "Three Blind Mice" cheese tasting costs $30 and features an assortment of cheeses served with traditional accompaniments. For reservations, please call 617-262-3023. L'Espalier, 774 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02199, 617-262-3023.
Sundays
Top of the Hub has introduced a Sunday brunch menu designed by executive chef Mark Porcaro. From 11 a.m.-2 p.m., the menu showcases unique offerings such as Sicilian iris donuts, gingerbread pancakes, smoked salmon Benedict, duck confit hash and pink grapefruit brûlée. The brunch is accompanied each week by live jazz in the lounge. The view from atop the Prudential Building is just an added bonus. Adults are $39 and children under 12 are $24. For more information, call 617-536-1775 or visit www.topofthehub.net. Top of the Hub, Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02199, 617-536-1775.
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