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This Week in Cheap Eats: New Happy Hours, Free Iced Coffee, and Tempura Brie

Keep up with inexpensive indulgences around the town.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Aug 25, 2011 at 12:36PM 0 Comments

Hot chocolate in August? You’re not paying and we’re not judging.

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Happy Hour News
There’s a lot of this. Head over to Sauced for the rundown on HH developments at Poquito’s, Stopsky’s, Luc, and Dahlia Lounge.

Free Food Alerts
Camarena Tequila is still shelling out free tacos around town, check the company’s Facebook page for upcoming locations.

And hey, how about some drink specials? Paratii Craft Bar in Ballard is doing two sponsored events with Pernod-Ricard, which means free Beefeater and Plymouth gin cocktails for you.

Also, through this month at the Chocolate Box: Mention the store’s August newsletter when you buy a dessert and you get a free iced coffee or hot chocolate. Hot chocolate in August? Oh, why not.

Cheap Eat of the Week
This week’s cheap eat is the tempura brie with raspberry soy dip appetizer at Japonessa, in the old Union space at 1st and Union. Japonessa is a place that sounds icky-fusiony on paper—sushi with Latin flair—but is not icky-fusiony at all. It’s actually the picture of professionalism and competence. Somewhat corporate-feeling, yes, but full of good, inexpensive things to eat. And this light-and-crispy fried brie, while neither sushi nor in possession of Latin flair, is the unexpected star of the app menu, thanks in part to the tangy-sweet dipping sauce. Very addictive, and only $6.

Healthy Cheap Eat of the Week
The salade verte at Cafe Presse is an exact replica of France’s ubiquitous bibb-lettuce-and-hazelnuts salad, right down to the just-puckery-enough vinaigrette. It’s $5 and tastes great with Presse’s perfect frites. All things in balance, yes?

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This Week in Cheap Eats: Free Fries, Marination’s New Happy Hour, More

Dining on a dime? We’ve got you covered.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Aug 18, 2011 at 10:01AM 0 Comments

June in Madrona: Home of the $7 pickled beef tongue sandwich.

Photo: June via Facebook

Happy Hour News
Aloha, inexpensive beer: Hawaiian-Korean fun food destination Marination Station has jumped aboard the happy hour train. The HH runs Monday through Friday from 2 to 5pm. Buy two sliders or tacos, get a third free. Oh, and your Primo lager from Hawaii costs $2.

Free Food Alerts
This Friday, August 19 Boka will offer free pretzel dogs from 11:30am to 1:30pm. And since it’s the third Friday of the month, French fries are free at Pike Street Fish Fry, and New Belgium pints—Fat Tire and Blue Paddle Pilsner this month—are $2. That’s from 5 to 7pm; pick up your fries at Pike Street or Moebar next door.

Cheap Eat of the Week
This week’s featured cheap eat is the pickled beef tongue sandwich at June in Madrona, $7 during happy hour (weekdays, 5-7pm). People, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. Especially those of you that are carnivorous yet environmentally inclined, because learning to love the oft-discarded parts is how we’re going to pull this whole meat-eating thing off, isn’t it? And there’s nothing to fear, the tongue is amazingly tender and tasty, and the sandwich in which it’s stuffed—aioli smeared on the toast, a healthy handful of arugula—is hearty enough for a light dinner.

Healthy Cheap Eat of the Week
Packed with protein but low in calories and fat, tofu is all kinds of good for you. But most restaurants like to deep-fry it—delicious, but certainly less virtuous from a nutritional standpoint. At Tamarind Tree, however, the tofu satay is grilled with lemongrass, onion, and garlic, and served with an addictive soy dipping sauce. An order of these awesome soy-on-a-stick snacks is $3.95 at lunch; $5 at dinner. Bargain.

Further reading: The Seattle Times’s Nancy Leson’s has a whole thing on tofu this week.

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