Beginning on Friday, October 30, we will not be seating our indoor dining rooms due to the Governor's restrictions in the Chicago area. We will continue to offer Carry Out and Delivery and have heated outdoor spaces available for dining, weather permitting.
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As the temperatures drop and dining moves indoors, our top priority remains providing a safe, clean, and healthy experience.
That is why we are excited to implement technology developed by AIRPHX (pronounced “air-fix”) into all of our restaurants nationwide by mid November. After extensive research and on the advice of experts, we've concluded that this is the best system for us.
Here’s how it works
AIRPHX features “cold plasma” chambers intended to kill harmful airborne and surface organisms throughout the day. Used in hospitals, healthcare facilities, Olympic training centers, universities, police and fire stations, and casinos, it eliminates 90-98% of influenza, coronavirus, norovirus, hepatitis, salmonella, listeria, e.coli, and over 30 common bacteria and viruses both in the air and on other surfaces.
This is just one more important step that we are taking to continue improving health and safety measures in our restaurants, and we want to thank you for your continued confidence in us.
To our valued guests,
Thank you to all who have been dining with us and plan on dining with us in the future. We are making two changes to our health and safety procedures to continue to protect both our guests and employees. These new protocols are intended to provide an additional layer of protection and greater peace of mind to everyone whom we welcome through our doors.
Consistent with the CDC’s recognition of temperature screening as an optional strategy to help to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we will be temperature checking all dine-in guests at our full-service restaurants.
Upon arrival, all guests will have their temperature taken with an infra-red, no contact thermometer.
If a guest’s temperature is over (>) 100°F, the guest will not be permitted to enter but will be offered alternative accommodations, such as an order to go, or a reservation for another time.
Guests who wish to may wait 15 minutes outside the restaurant for a second temperature check but will not be offered a third temperature check.
The City of Chicago and Cook County have issued emergency travel orders directing travelers entering or returning to Chicago from states experiencing a surge in new COVID-19 cases to quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of leaving the identified state. In support of these efforts, we will be asking all dine-in guests at our Chicago and Cook County restaurants whether they have traveled to any of the locations that are on the current travel restriction list within the prior 14 days.
If you confirm that you should be quarantined as a result of the travel restrictions, you will not be permitted to enter but we are happy to offer alternative accommodations, such as an order to go, or a reservation for another time.
In the event travel restrictions are issued in other locations where we do business, we will do the same.
As a reminder, you must wear a face mask when entering, exiting, and moving around the restaurant, removing your mask while you are seated. If you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, we kindly request that you join us another day when you are feeling better.
Thank you for your continued support and for doing your part to keep everyone in our restaurants safe and healthy.
We haven’t said a lot these past few days. We stand unequivocally with Black Americans and the tens of thousands of people of conscience demanding that we live up to our values as a nation. But it is the voices of those who have suffered the injuries of systemic racism that must be heard right now. We are listening intently. As we face the indisputable truth that we can do better, we reflect on how we can best drive meaningful change within our own organization and communities.
We are starting with a thorough review of our corporate giving strategies to ensure that we are focused on efforts to eliminate social injustice and improve lives in Black communities and communities of People of Color. We are making an immediate contribution to the NAACP LDF. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.
We know that actions speak louder than words and that we have a lot of work to do. It's a start. We pledge to move with deliberate speed and look forward to reporting back to you on our efforts.
You know what they say: three seahorses are better than one.
By Jeff Marini
Fine, I give in: a tiki cocktail. They’ve been everywhere you turn this summer, flamboyantly garnished and dangerously candy-like, often embarrassing to order—unless you go all out. And at Chicago’s Three Dots and a Dash, they go all out. I plan on drinking a rum punch out of a hollow pineapple at the West Indian Day parade this weekend, and even that vessel is subtle as a Solo cup in comparison to the carefully carved Fijian mermaids (which look more like creepy skeletons) totem-pole faces, and straight-up giant clam shells that are so popular at Three Dots that they’re now for sale on their site. Don’t forget an octopus swizzle stick. They’ll fit right in with your reclaimed wine-bottle tumblers from West Elm!
So we’re saying sayonara to summer with the Aku Aku Lapu: starring grapefruit, lemon, pineapple juice, rum, and a splash of mezcal, served in a seahorse-surrounded bowl. Just close your eyes, imagine you’re wearing a seashell bra, combing your hair with a fork, singing among your crustacean friends—life is pretty good.
Aku Aku Lapu
By Diane Corcoran
1 oz. Appleton VX rum
½ oz. mezcal
½ oz. Batavia Arrack
1 oz. fresh pineapple juice
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
1 oz. Falernum
1 dropper Elemakule bitters
Crushed ice
Grapefruit peel, pineapple leaves, and orchids for garnish
Method
In a buzzing tin, mix the liquid ingredients with crushed ice; buzz 10 seconds. (Alternatively, shake ingredients together in a cocktail shaker until chilled, about 10 seconds.) Strain into a large tiki mug over more crushed ice. Garnish with a grapefruit peel, pineapple leaves, and fresh orchids.