Spring Hill’s weekly fried chicken feasts have flown the coup, but that doesn’t mean Mondays are a total wash. Redeem the least fun day of the week by hitting up one of these special dinners:

1. Tonight at the Ballard Eagle’s Lodge you can belly up to a buffet of beef-stuffed summer squash, homemade seitan, Mediterranean chickpea salad, and blueberry bars. The dinner is part of a series called Humble Feast from Patty Pan Grill and sounds like a bargain at $12 a head. It starts at 7, call this number to reserve: 206-782-1558.

2. Sitka and Spruce’s Alvaro Candela-Najera presides over a a weekly taco night at the Melrose Market restaurant with a selection of tacos (three per plate, each plate is around $10) quesos fundidos, aguas frescas, and just general deliciousness.

3. Monday is also taco night at the Columbia City Alehouse, one of the best pub grub destinations in Seattle. Between 6 and 10pm, the bar serves up a selection of tacos that changes based on what’s fresh.

4. Art of the Table’s Dustin Ronspies does a small-plates menu every Monday that all the local foodies flock to because in terms of quality for the price, it dominates every HH in town. It starts at 5pm, go early if you know what’s good for you.

5. Happy hour runs all night every Monday and Tuesday at Wann’s Isakaya in Belltown, and it’s a tasty one.