On Nov. 14, FitzGeralds, 6615 Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn, suspended on-premises operations indefinitely due to rising COVID-19 cases in Chicagoland.

Sun Wah BBQ, on Broadway in Chicago's Uptown, is one of our favorite restaurants and arguably the best spot anywhere in the Midwest for Chinese BBQ duck dinners. Although we've been there half-a-dozen times, it can be a ride of 45 minutes or so from our home in Oak Park, and that means we haven't gone there as often as we'd like.  On the evening of November 11, Sun Wah arranged to deliver pre-ordered dinners to the parking lot at the corner of Madison and Harlem. 

In typical Midwest fashion, the weather over this next week is going to hover in the mid-60s despite it being November. Local restaurants have a long winter ahead of them but plan on utilizing their outdoor spaces for at least one more week. Here is a list of places you can go to dine outdoors. Eat up before it gets cold again!