Labor Day Weekend in Sandwich, IL: Football, Festivals and the Shake Up Shuffle

Labor Day weekend is the last big one before the Sandwich Fair takes over, and there is a lot happening within twenty minutes of downtown Sandwich. Here is what is going on, and where we fit into it.

Friday, September 4 - Sandwich Hosts Plano, 7:15 PM

The one everybody circles. The Indians host Plano at home Friday night with a 7:15 kickoff. It is a short drive from our front door, so the plan writes itself: eat first, walk into the game on a full stomach.

If you are not making it to the field, we are putting the game on the 98 inch TV. Friday drink specials run all night: $4 premium drafts, $1 off signature drinks, and $4 bombs.

Thursday through Sunday - Yorkville Hometown Days

Hometown Days runs Thursday, September 3 through Sunday, September 6 at Beecher Community Park in Yorkville. It is one of the biggest community festivals in the area and it pulls from all over Kendall and DeKalb County. If you are coming back east afterward, we are about twenty minutes down the road.

Saturday, September 5 - College Football Returns

Northern Illinois opens its season at Iowa on Saturday afternoon, 3:15 PM on Big Ten Network. It is the Huskies' first game in the Mountain West, and DeKalb County has a rooting interest. Saturday specials: $1 off all vodkas, $4.50 seltzers, and $15 domestic buckets.

Monday, September 7 - The Shake Up Shuffle

The Sandwich Fair Shake Up Shuffle 5K and 1 Mile run Labor Day morning at the Sandwich Fairgrounds, and this year the race sold out. The post-race celebration wraps up around midday, which puts a lot of hungry people on Suydam Road right around lunch. If you ran it, come refuel. You earned it.

Coming Right Behind It - The Sandwich Fair

The Sandwich Fair runs September 9 through 13 at the Sandwich Fairgrounds. It is the oldest continuous county fair in Illinois and it is the busiest week of the year in this town. Start planning now, because parking gets interesting.

What to Eat While You Are Here

Our fall menu just landed. The Chicken Pot Pie Mac is September's Mac of the Month, built on an Alfredo base with sage and thyme, a corn, carrot, pea, onion and garlic medley and chicken, baked under a breadcrumb crust, $17.99. The Italian Philly Cheese Steak is stacked with tender sliced Italian beef, sauteed onions, bell peppers and mushrooms on a French roll with garlic aioli and queso, $17.99. The Maple Bacon BBQ Wings come in homemade barbecue with soy and maple notes and bacon bits, which is the correct game night order. And the Caramel Apple Fried Cheesecake is fried cheesecake in cinnamon sugar with spiced baked apples, caramel drizzle and ice cream, $13.99.

On the drink side, the Cookie Jar Colada is September's Drink of the Month, joined by the Campfire Cider, Granny Smith Sour and Salted Caramel Dirty Dr. Pepper.

Join The CLUB

Every dollar earns a point. 150 points gets you $5 off, 500 points gets you $20 off. Double points every Tuesday and during weekday lunch from 11 AM to 2 PM, earned in house or on direct orders at bullmoosebar.com.

Find Us

Bull Moose Bar & Grille is at 202 S. Main St., Sandwich, IL 60548, serving lunch and dinner daily. We are minutes from the high school and the fairgrounds and an easy drive from Plano, Somonauk, Yorkville and Newark. Ask about the 1893 Pullman Palace dining car while you are here.