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1. Skillet has launched a happy hour at its Ballard and Capitol Hill restaurants. The “Golden Hour” menu is available daily from 3 to 6 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to close and features “re-imagined Skillet favorites” like a smoked lamb corndog and a fried corn, new cocktails, and cold beer.

2. Happy hour is also new at Tilth, every day from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the patio, at the counter, and in the sunroom. The menu consists of classics like Duck Burgers, Theo Chocolate Ganache Cake, and Skagit River Ranch Steak Tartare, plus monthly seasonal specials. A rotating drink menu currently includes a Lavender Daiquiri and Pimm’s Cup.

3. My Sweet Lil Cakes was shut down temporarily by the health department, but the food truck is back up and running. Co-owner Jesse Lee has installed new refrigeration equipment and fixed the hand washing sink to bring the truck up to code.

4. The brewing cooperative Flying Bike has announced it will open a bricks-and-mortar location in Greenwood. After a year of searching, the group’s board of directors is settling down and hoping to open its doors in early 2015.