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Captain’s List: Toscanos Café and Wine Bar is giving away their $10 gift card with every bottle of wine purchased off their Captain’s List.

New Brewery: Trade Route Brewery and Taphouse has opened in Pacific, Wash. â€" just south of Auburn on Highway 167.

Plan Ahead: Tentwentytwo South, a craft cocktail lounge in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood, will debut the new fall menu Thursday, October 22 featuring more than 40 innovative, delicious, and, in some cases, curative handcrafted cocktails.

Food For Thought: Mini Coke cans â€" the new light cigarette?

LINK: Weekly Volcano’s Eat & Drink section

LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide

LINK: South Sound Happy Hours

LINK: South Sound Dive Bars