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Every day, we'll be alerting you to five great food and drink deals around town, courtesy of Centerstage Chicago's comprehensive database. In this economy, you need all the help you can get, right?

Chen's Mandarin Szechwan Cuisine
Half-price martinis

Gallery Cabaret
$1.50 drafts and $4 pitchers of Leinenkugel Red; $3 drafts and $10 pitchers of Stella Artois

Grand Central
$2 well drinks, $5 Crown & colas, half-price bottles of wine; half-price appetizers

Kasey's Tavern
$2.50 Miller products, $4 Long Islands

Lincoln Tap Room
$4 pints of Fat Tire, $2 cans of Hamm's and Strohs, $5 Absolut cocktails

Every day, we'll be alerting you to five great food and drink deals around town, courtesy of Centerstage Chicago's comprehensive database. In this economy, you need all the help you can get, right?

Cortland's Garage, 1645 W. Cortland
$3 Bud/Bud Light bottles, $4 premium and import beers, $5 Ketel vodka cocktails; ribs tonight only

Duffy's Tavern, 420 1/2 W. Diversey
$1 Bud Light drafts

Leg Room, 7 W. Division
Half-price house drinks and martinis; $50 off bubbly

Motel Bar, 600 W. Chicago
$4 Amstel Light & Heineken, $5 Stoli cocktails (it's also burlesque night)

Villains Bar & Grill, 649 S. Clark
$2 PBR drafts; 50-cent jumbo wings

WineStyles is serious about sharing its love of wine. The South Loop location has so many tasting events throughout the month, it's hard to fit them all in one email newsletter (thank goodness, they were able to do it). And if they're all as good as tonight's event, we'll have to check 'em out more often. The 20/20 Tasting (5:30-8 p.m.) includes samples of 20 wines for - you guessed it - $20. Plus, you get appetizers from Yolk, one of our favorite South Loop spots. David Kav provides the palate-friendly tunes.

Just take it easy on the sippin'; you may have come in with 20/20 vision, but you could leave seeing double.