November used to be deadsville in restaurants, til along came Dine Around Seattle . That savvy promotion fills weeknight seats in participating restaurants by offering 3-course, prix-fixe dinners for $30 (and, in some joints, 3-course lunches for $15). It’s on all month, Sundays through Thursdays.

This year there’s a cool twist. Participating restaurants from 35th Street Bistro to Eva to the great Monsoon are partnering with Urbanspoon to keep diners real-time apprised of who’s got tables open when.

Simply ride your iPhone to the Dine Around Seattle website where a module will display availability at all participating restaurants. Then go to Urbanspoon where the state-of-the-art Rez service will enable to reserve your table with just an iPhone tap.

Want something a little higher up the food chain?

Try 4 for 48, a 4-course-for-$48 tweak on the Dine Around Seattle concept, at 13 area restaurants like Lark, Le Gourmand, and Trellis.

This promo was inspired by a similar deal whiz-kid Jason Wilson offered at Crush, to a breathless reception.

And why not? When you have the opportunity to eat at one of the top ten restaurants in town for less than 50 bucks—why would you do anything else?