Camping Out With Hot Chocolate and X-Marx

Abe Conlon has been a busy guy lately. In addition to his underground dinner club X-marx, he’s also been a regular presence at the Dose Market once a month at the River East Center (where he’ll be again this Sunday). On Monday, he’s leading a pop-up dinner at Hot Chocolate, teaming up with the restaurant’s pastry sous chef Rachel Slivicki. The two chefs will collaborate on a “six-plus-course” meal, with Hot Chocolate mixologist Luke LeFiles handling the cocktails. Menu items include beans and escarole with Benton’s ham, kuri squash with garam masala, quail with wild rice and bourbon, rainbow trout with johnnycakes and country bacon and cast-iron cobbler with chestnut ice cream. Cost for the dinner is $75, with seatings on the hour from 6 to 10 p.m. You can find tickets at mhc.eventbrite.com or call 773-600-1771 for more info.