Cork Wine Bar

08/20/2025

✨Paper planes > paper cuts.✨
This week’s Cocktail of the Week is the Paper Plane—a perfectly balanced little number that’ll have you flying high without leaving your barstool. 🛩️

$8 gets you bourbon, Aperol, Amaro, and lemon all doing a synchronized dance in your glass. Come thirsty, leave classy (or at least buzzed).

📍Cork Wine Bar.
🍸 Because life’s too short for bad drinks.

08/20/2025

08/19/2025

🐾🌭 Cork & Beans! 🌭🐾We’ve got Chicago-style hot dogs and our very own Chicago dog—the one and only Butterbean! This handsome hound is looking for his forever home in the suburbs or country. Could you be his match? 💛Come hang with Mr. Beans on our dog-friendly back patio Friday, 8/22 from 6–9 PM (or until he decides he’s had enough attention 😉).✨ Drinks from Giffard, Tepache Sazón & Worthy Park✨ Giveaways & more surprisesGood dogs. Good drinks. Good vibes. Come out and show Butterbean some love! 🐶🍹One Tail at a Time

08/16/2025

🍩 Mini donut heaven + cocktails = the Saturday you deserve.

Grab your hot, fresh minis from Schiel Food Service at the Kankakee Farmers' Market (flavors today: Strawberry Nutella, Maple Bacon, or Turtle 🤤). Then swing by Cork—cool off in the AC or kick back on the patio.

🥂 $5 Bloodies & Mimosas
☕ Need a rally? Jennie’s got you covered with an Espressotini.
🍷 Good donuts, better drinks, best vibes.

Because let’s be real… donuts are the new brunch. 🖤

Downtown Kankakee

08/16/2025

🚶‍♀️🌽 Saturday at Cork = your Farmers Market survival kit 🌽🚶‍♂️

Let’s be honest — you’re here for three things:
1️⃣ A restroom that isn’t a porta-potty.
2️⃣ Ice-cold AC.
3️⃣ $5 bloodies (Jennie’s house mix is back & spicy perfection) and $5 mimosas to sip while you stroll the market.

Take it to-go, or stay and pair your market haul with something better:
🥂 A crisp, chill glass of Patio Pounder Vinho Verde.
🍒 The triumphant return of Doctor’s Orders slushy and boozy Piña Colada slushy.
☕ Or, if you’re still waking up, grab an espresso martini to-go and rally.

Good cocktails. Good beer. Good wine. Because Kankakee deserves it.

📍 Back patio entrance open — we’re here, we’re cold (in the AC way), and we’re pouring until you’re smiling.

08/16/2025

Last concert at the Hill Stage tonight. Come finishe your night with Elisha at Cork! Here for a good time, not a long time open till 11pm!

08/14/2025

🍸 Cocktail Club — Thursday, 8 PM to MidnightJennie’s behind the bar, deep in R&D mode (that’s “research & development,” not “rum & daiquiris”… although, maybe both).Specials on the best drinks you didn’t even know you needed.First rule of Cocktail Club? You drink what Jennie makes.Let’s get weird, Kankakee. ✨📍 Cork Wine Bar | 251 S Schuyler Ave

08/14/2025

🚫🍸 Zero proof doesn’t mean zero fun.
Meet our brand-new booze-free lineup—because whether you’re pacing yourself, taking a night off, or just don’t feel like explaining your life choices to strangers, you still deserve a drink that slaps.

✨ Seasonal Mule
✨ Paloma
✨ The Virgin Nina
✨ Gibraldi
✨ Italian Lemonade

Come sip pretty without the hangover. 🥂

📍 Cork Wine Bar – 251 S Schuyler Ave