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Hey Kids! Do You Like To Taste Wine?: Wine tasting, noon to 5 p.m., Tacoma Wine Merchants; Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Harbor Greens Wine Bar; French wine and cheese tasting, 2-4:30 p.m., Wine Bank.

Late Night Happy Hour: Woody's on the Water runs a happy hour tonight from 9 p.m. to close featuring half-priced appetizers, $4 micros, $1 off wells, and $4 house wine.

Sandwich Smackdown!: MSM Deli’s BBC and Vuelve A La Vida’s Steak Torta step into the octagon and duel to the death.

See Your Future, Be Your Future: Duke’s on Ruston Way hosts a beer dinner featuring Georgetown Brewing Company Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. The cost is $49.85. Reserve your spot at 206.985.9466.

Food For Thought: Five books every cook should have.

LINK: Weekly Volcano’s Eat & Drink section

LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide

LINK: South Sound Happy Hours

LINK: South Sound Dive Bars