DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>>
Ole!: Mazatlan Restaurant on South Hill Puyallup offers $1.99 burritos every Monday in the bar.
Benefit: Dockside Bistro and Wine Bar presents an Ash Hollow Estate Vineyards wine dinner to benefit Thurston-Mason Crisis Clinic tonight at 7 p.m. The cost is $100. Reserve your spot at 360.956.1925.
Monday Deal: Engine House No. 9 serves an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner every Monday for $4.95, with each meatball priced at 25 cents. Also, they knock a dollar off martinis every Monday.
Another Monday Deal: The Hub serves spaghetti or Fettucini Alfredo for $5 every Monday from 5-10 p.m. For another $3 you can receive cheesy garlic bread, three meatballs or grilled chicken breast.
Wine Discount: Budd Bay Café in Olympia offers half-priced bottles of wine every Monday.
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