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Holiday event planning continues with Tulio Ristorante Chef Walter Pisano celebrating his Italian roots with a Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. That’s right, diners can choose from seven different fish dishes including tuna carpaccio, scallop risotto and baccala insalata. It’s an a la carte menu and it’s highly recommended that you call for reservations at 206-624-5500. A special NYE dinner is also scheduled.

The Kick Hunger Challenge benefitting Food Lifeline, Western Washington’s nonprofit food distribution center, will once again be held on January 7th at John Howie’s SPORT Restaurant and Bar. For $50 diners and donors get food from Chef Howie and music from former Seahawk Craig Terrill and his band as well as a chance to win several pieces of Hawks memorabilia in a silent auction. Tickets can be purchased online here.

Everyone loves a good burrito. And in these days where marijuana is legal in our fine state one can think of no better way to satiate their cannabis induced hunger pains than eating a giant gut bomb from Qdoba. Fortunately for stoners and tourists alike, everyone will now have the opportunity to chow down on their newest permanent menu fixture – the Smothered Burrito. These titantic tortilla-wrapped torpedoes of meat come with the opportunity to be covered in one of three sauces including tangy verde, red bold chile and smoky chipotle cream.

If you’re looking for a way to say mele kalikimaka with friends and strangers then you’ll want to stop by Rumba on Pike for Wednesday Tiki Nights starting next Wednesday, December 17th. Come on in with your vintage hipster Hawaiian shirt, coconut bikini and flip flops and get away from it all at this authentic tiki bar. Spam sliders? Check. Mai Tai’s? Check. Dick Dale on Surf Guitar? Check. Aloha!