Daily Deal$: Thursday

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