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June 1-August 31
Galatoire's "Beat the Heat" summer martini special offers half-priced premium martinis at lunchtime between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Galatoire's, 209 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-525-2021.
 
July 8-12
Stir your soul at the 7th annual Tales of the Cocktail event. With more than 100 events, this is on the country’s premier celebrations of spirits. The event brings together the best and brightest of the cocktail community---mixologists, authors, bartenders and chefs---for a five-day celebration of the history and the craft of the cocktail. Participants attend cocktail hours, symposiums, seminars, luncheons, book auctions and sales, beer tastings, absinthe tastings, and one of the highlights of the event, the spirited dinners. These are dinners at some of the best restaurants in the city, featuring dinner pairings with unique menus designed by local chefs and top bar chefs. Each course is paired with a cocktail and guests dine and mingle with the mixologists during dinner. For more information or to reserve, call 504-948-0511.
 
Through 2009
The Besh Steakhouse at Harrah's, the steakhouse run by chef John Besh within Harrah's New Orleans Casino, has a new special offering patrons unlimited quantities of wine during early-week dinners. Add $20.09 to your check and the staff promises not to let your glass go empty, refilling it with a selection of American reds or whites. The special pricing is good Mondays through Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Lunch & Dinner daily. The Besh Steakhouse at Harrah's, 228 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-533-6111.
 

ONGOING EVENTS

Monday through Friday
As if the clubby, leathery bar at Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse were not reason enough to stop by after work, the restaurant just announced its new "$5 After 5PM" promotion, featuring small plates and specialty cocktails for just five bucks until 7 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Try the “Spiked Arnold Palmer”---Firefly tea vodka with lemon sour and soda, garnished with fresh mint, and pair it with some prime rib chili, or andouille-stuffed fried olives. The other standout cocktail is a Sobieski dry martini with a hint of dry vermouth, which will go down easily with Louisiana crabmeat batons with pepper jelly glaze. It makes 5 p.m. seem so far away, doesn’t it? Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse, 716 Iberville St., New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-522-2467.
 



Tuesdays
The Crescent City Farmers Market serves up a “Green Plate Special” for lunch at the Uptown market. Area restaurants use fresh products from the market to create a meal priced under $10. Crescent City Farmers Market, 200 Broadway Ave., New Orleans, 504-861-5898, www.marketumbrella.org.


Wednesdays (Monthly)
The upscale, pan-Latin American seafood restaurant Rio Mar recently added a tapas bar and expanded lounge where it now hosts Wednesday evening wine tastings once a month. From 7 p.m.-8 p.m., guests may sample four wines, usually from Spain and South America, and an array of tapas for $20. The Wednesday tasting is sometimes usurped by a private party, so be sure to call first. Rio Mar, 800 S. Peters St., New Orleans, 504-525-3474.


Fridays
Savvy Gourmet’s culinary staff offers a $15 weekly tasting from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. The offerings might include freshly baked bread, creative entrées or even a glass of bubbly. Visit Savvy Gourmet’s website for a detailed schedule. Savvy Gourmet, 4519 Magazine St., New Orleans, 504-895-2665, www.savvygourmet.com .

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