Dining Event: SoCal Food Truck Festival in Santa Monica
Saturday, September 18, 2010 noon to 7:00pm
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
This is a family friendly food truck event and will be packed with over 40 of SoCal's best and most popular gourmet food & dessert trucks, music entertainment, giveaways, information booths, and educational materials. With music pumping throughout the whole day, get ready to groove with your favorite drinks and eats!

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Dining Events: Benihana September Specials Hibachi Ribeye Steak
Throughout the Month of September
Benihana Santa Monica
1447 Fourth Street
Hibachi Ribeye Steak for Two for just $38!

Enjoy two Hibachi Ribeye Steak entrees served with Benihana onion soup, Benihana salad,
hibachi shrimp appetizer, mushrooms, hibachi vegetables, homemade dipping sauces, steamed
rice and Japanese hot green tea, all for just $38! (tax and gratuity excluded).

Valid September 1-30.

Benihana Santa Monica
1447 4th St.
(310) 260-1423



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Dining Events: Benihana New Express Lunch Specials
On going
Benihana Santa Monica
1447 Fourth St.
Enjoy the foods you love in the time you have with Benihana's new Express Lunch, all for under $10. Choose from favorites like Hibachi chicken, steak or shrimp, the classic Lunch Boat Special or the new Teriyaki Bowl, all cooked to order and delivered to you quickly, so you can get back to your busy day.

Express Lunch is available Monday thru Friday from 11:30-2:00, only at Benihana Santa Monica.


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Dining Events: Recession Relief Returns to Lago
Daily
Locanda del Lago
231 Arizona Avenue
A collection of special values, titled RECESSION RELIEF RETURNS TO LAGO, is offered by the popular Santa Monica restaurant, comprised of
*BYOB Mondays
*ALL-NIGHT HAPPY HOUR Tuesdays
*WINE 1/2 OFF Wednesdays
*$8 PIZZAS and $20 PITCHERS Thursdays
*STIMULUS PACKAGE with a Three-Course Dinner ($29) and Two-Course Lunch ($15)

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Dining Events: Wings Wednesdays at Yankee Doodles Santa Monica
Every Wednesday 3:00pm to Close
Yankee Doodles Santa Monica
1410 Third Street Promenade
Wings Wednesdays

All you can eat Inferno Wings

Only $5.99 with 2 drink minimum

*Warning: Mucho Caliente!
No substitutions!

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Monday through Saturday; 3-8 p.m. and Sundays, 4-8 p.m.
i Cugini
1501 Ocean Avenue




Dining Events: Taco Tuesday at Yankee Doodles
Every Tuesday at 3:00 to 7:00om & 10:00pm to Close
Yankee Doodles Santa Monica
1410 Third Street Promenade
$1.00 Tacos from 3:00pm to Close

$3.00 House tequila cocktails
$3.00 Tecate & 1/2 price Monster Margaritas!!

3:00 to 7:00pm & 10:00pm to Close

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Monday thru Friday 5 pm to 8 pm
West 4th/Jane
1432A 4th Street
$0.50 Wings of the Week, $3.00 "Crappy Cans" and Select Domestic Beer, $5.00 House Bubbly.

Monday: 1/2 Off Wine & Sake Bottles ALL NIGHT!

First Tuesday of the Month: Meet & Greet our Featured Artist, Reception 7-10 pm

Tuesday: is Wine Night, 1/2 price glasses of wine

Wednesday: Authentic New Orleans Crawfish Boil Night 5pm - Until it runs out

Sunday: Sake Sunday's. Enjoy $5.00 Redbull Sake Bombs all night long!

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Dining Events: Special Wine and Beer Tastings with Food Pairings From Chef CJ
Every Wednesday Night at 5:00 pm
The Yard
119 Broadway Ave
Chris Jacobson, better known as "CJ" of Bravo's hit show Top Chef hosts a weekly Special Wine and Beer Tastings with Food Pairings.

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Mondays through Fridays; 4 p.m.
Barney's Beanery
1351 Third Street Promenade
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Dining Events: Wine Tasting
Every Day
Pourtal
104 Santa Monica Blvd.
Monday-Friday 4 p.m. to Closing
Saturday-Sunday 12 p.m. to Closing

We offer three different Tasting Tours every day. Each is a group of eight wines, hand-selected for quality and presented with an annotated "Itinerary" giving you just enough information to learn or simply enjoy all the different characteristics the world of wine has to offer.

Our Tasting Tour Itineraries are available in the bar or available for download at website link below.

We also offer a separate wines-by-the-glass menu specializing in an ever changing selection of Reds, Whites, Roses, Sparkling, Sweets, Ports, Beers and Sodas.

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Dining Events: Artisanal Cocktail Menu
Locanda Del Lago
231 Arizona Avenue
The distinctive menu makes use of freshly squeezed and just-picked ingredients from the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, located right outside Lago's front door, and top-shelf organic liquors.

These marvelously tasty mixed drinks, $12 on the rocks and $28 for a one-liter carafe, are the Mojito, Meyer Limonata, Market Margarita, Mai Tai Bazaar, Sage Mist, Orange Basil, Mint Berry and the Caprese.


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Dining Events: Lago Happy Hour
Locanda Del Lago
231 Arizona Avenue
Lago's HAPPY HOUR features $3 beers, including imported and domestic, and specialty cocktails and martinis for $8 (regularly priced $12 to $14 ) Premium wines, including a nice selection from Italy and California, are $8, and house red, white and sparkling wines are $4. The half-price menu selections include
appetizers, greens, salads, soups, pizzas and sandwiches ranging from $3.50 to $8.00. Happy hour prices for beverages and food are available throughout the restaurant and bar from 4p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; in the bar only
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; and Tuesday extended all evening until closing in the bar only.

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Weekdays
Cafe Crepe
1460 3rd St Promenade
On the corner of 3rd and Broadway

$4 Sangrita & mimosas; $3 draft beers. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Daily
Yankee Doodles
1410 Third Street Promenade
Happy Hour; Monday - Friday 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
(download *coupon for $2.95 & $3.95 Appetizers durning happy hour)
Late night Happy Hour; Sunday - Thursday 10 p.m. to close.
Thurday Night Ticket
1/2 Priced Miller Light Draft Pints
Full Tapas Menu
Free Pool for Ladies

Dining and Kitchen close at 1 a.m.

*coupon at link

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Dining Events: Brunch
Every Sunday from 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Ma'Kai
101 Broadway Ave.
$25.00 Brunch Special, $12.00 Cocktails and $45.00 Pitchers with Live Reggae Band.

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Dining Events: Happy Hour
Monday - Friday 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Bar Chloe
1449 Second Street
Happy Hour
Join us for our daily happy hour. Drinks specials and $5 appetizers.


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