Recession Proof Dining in Seattle

If you're too spoiled to eat at home or a hopeless bachelor who can't boil water, then these out-on-the-town splurges are guilt free:

Monday - Friday

McCormick & Schmick's
Downtown or Lake Union
(4:00 - 6:00 pm)
$1.95 1/2 lb. Cheeseburger or Salmonburger & Fries

Talarico's
West Seattle
(4:00 - 6:00 pm)
$3.50 14" Personal Pizza Slices


Mondays

Dragonfish
Downtown
(3:00 pm - 1:00 am)
$1.95 Sushi

Ohana
Belltown
(5:00 - 11:30 pm)
$3 Appetizers
$3-$4 Drinks

Two Bells Bar & Grill
Belltown
(after 6:00 pm)
$6.75 ALL YOU CAN EAT PASTA NIGHT (until they run out)
Spaghetti with red or pesto sauce, served with garlic bread


Tuesdays @ Chez Gaudy
Capitol Hill
(6:30 pm & 8:30 pm - reservations required!)
$5 Tapas
$8 Bottles of Wine


Wednesdays @ South Lake Grill
South Lake Union
(after 6:00 pm)
$5 Steak & Fries


Saturdays & Sundays @ Galerias
Capitol Hill
(Sat. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Sun. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm)
$8 Brunch (1 Entree w/Selection of Fruit, Yogurt & Pastries)

Observing 'Destruction of the Western Hemisphere Day' (a.k.a. Columbus Day)

Oh my, this image is more than a metaphor for the Spanish conquest on the Americas. European settlers to the New World thought they were so civilized when in actuality they were the savages who've raped, pillaged and plundered since long before 1492. Today, our modern society, shaped primairly by European descendants such as myself, is responsible for the ill state of our planet and its once vast resources. My, haven't we done well ...

Halloween '08 is a total bust