Local alternative craft-beverage maker Jones Soda has officially launched their Cane Sugar Fountain program, and is expanding rapidly nationwide. No longer will you be forced to drink mysteriously blended soda you choose from a digital screen; nor will you have to make your own high-fructose-corn-syrup-laden version of the “suicide,” which tastes like some sickly sweet concoction that should be consumed by My Little Ponies. Now you can be your very own soda jerk in 21st-century style while consuming a pure-cane-sugar alternative to those old-school colas.

For those wishing to indulge in chocolaty goodness without competing for a table on Valentine’s Day, head to Hot Cakes in Ballard on Saturday, Feb. 14. Any purchase of a dessert gets you a glass of wine or Valentine’s Day punch for $3, or non-alcoholic butterbeer for the kiddos. Plus, Bling Blings—Hot Cakes’ version of Ding-Dongs—will be available on Friday in limited quantities for $5.

Chef Mutsuko Soma is celebrating two years of success at Wallingford’s Miyabi 45th this week. You are the lucky duck here, as there will be $2 specials through Thursday, Feb. 13, including kushi katsu (on a stick), shiso miso baked oysters (dinner only), Sapporo, and house hot sake. Come in for some handmade soba and foie gras tofu while you’re at it. E

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