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May 11, 2023: Best Date News Volume #24

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Best Date News! Today we dive into the summer activity that you must add to your adventure list, some upcoming Chicago events taking place this weekend, the Chicago Blackhawks striking gold, a really tough ice cream decision and more!

May 11: National Holidays

• National Eat What You Want Day

• National Twilight Zone Day

• National Foam Rolling Day

If you find yourself debating if you should eat something or not today, you should definitely eat it! National Eat What You Want Day only comes once a year! Give us some pizza and burgers!

Challenge: Can you name the location of both the pizza and the burger in the image above? Reply back to this email with your guess. We will give a shout in the next newsletter to anyone who can get them both correct!

News of the Week: Summer Just Got More Exciting!

• Zip & Sip: Exciting news! We've teamed up with The Forge: Lemont Quarries to get only our followers a great deal through our exclusive Best Date Food Zip & Sip discounted package that includes the largest aerial ropes course in the world, a 1,000 foot zipline over the Forge Quarry and one free (adult) beverage of your choosing at their patio bar/restaurant overlooking the lake!

• Deal Details: So is this actually a good deal? Yeah, it really is, so much so that you can't get it anywhere else than through our specific link. It's a $105 value and you get it for $75 during the week and $80 during the weekend. Plus it's legitimately a lot of fun, great date idea and worth driving for. Check out our video to see for yourself!

Top 5: Chicago News to Know

• Buckingham Fountain: The event that unofficially kicks off summer in Chicago takes place this weekend as Chicago's famous Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park will turn back on this Saturday! The annual Switch on Summer event will be taking place at the fountain from 12pm to 3pm. There will be live entertainment, food, vendor tents and more. Check out our video to see what it looks like!

• Chicago's New Casino: If you haven't heard, Chicago is in the process of landing a giant downtown casino, and it's only a few years away. It will be taking over the space at the Chicago Tribune printing plant (777 W. Chicago Ave) in River West. As part of the deal, Bally's is considering selling an ownership slice of the casino to Chicago residents.

• AAPI Restaurants Week: Beginning tomorrow, to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, 50+ Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned restaurants will be partaking in the second annual AAPI Restaurants Week from May 12-21. During this time, restaurants in the Chicago area will be offering deals to show off their cuisine. Learn more and see the list of participating restaurants.

• Sauced Night Market: The Sauced Night Market is back this weekend for the first time since before Covid. It takes place tomorrow and Saturday from 5pm-10pm at House of Vans (113 N Elizabeth St). It's free to attend (subject to capacity) and there will be vendors, food, drinks a muralist painting live and more! Reserve a spot before they run out.

• Morgan Wallen Tour: Morgan Wallen posted on Instagram this week that the remainder of his summer tour is in jeopardy after he was diagnosed with vocal cord trauma. He isn't supposed to talk/use his voice much for the next six weeks, which puts his June Wrigley Field concerts into question even though he hasn't canceled them yet. If you or someone you know has tickets, read this to learn more about the situation.

The Blackhawks Are So Back

Lottery Winners: Chicago's professional hockey team got some incredibly good news this week as they won the lottery...literally! The Blackhawks lucked into securing the number one pick in the upcoming NHL draft during Monday's lottery!

On the surface, that's a big deal! What makes it an even bigger deal is a certain player in the draft that they are now going to be able to pick! There is a "generational prospect" named Connor Bedard up for grabs, and he is supposed to be really really good. How excited are Blackhawks fans? We'd say pretty excited considering they spent $5.2 million in season tickets just in the first 12 hours after the news came out about having the first pick!

And if ticket sales aren't enough to prove how ecstatic Chicago fans are right now, maybe this hilarious reaction video from the Blackhawks will do the trick. It looks like Chicago's hockey team may be good again before we know it!

Video of the Week

Best Neighborhood in America: Speaking of winning the lottery, you might need to if you want to afford a home in this affluent Chicago suburb! According to Nick Gershon, a realtor and TikToker, the best neighborhood in America sits right outside of downtown Naperville. With those resale prices, maybe he is right!

Poll of the Week

Alright so maybe you can't afford to live in Jefferson Estates in Naperville...yet. On the flip side, you probably can front the bill for some ice cream! The decision is yours:

Last Week's Poll & Challenge Results

Poll Results: You saw last week that May has a lot of great national food months! Between National Salad, Strawberry, Hamburger and Salsa month there is a lot of good food to eat! We put it up to a vote last week, and you all chose National Strawberry Month as the food that you have the most love in your heart for!

Today's Sunset in Chicago

The sun will set in Chicago this evening at 7:59pm. Which means the sun sets today seven minutes later than it did compared to last week.