Next Tuesday is November 1, if you can believe it, and with November comes the latest cycle of Dine Around Seattle!

Every Sunday through Thursday (excluding Thanksgiving and Sunday brunch), over 40 participating restaurants in Seattle, on the Eastside, and, for the first time, Bothell, will be offering a special three course menu for $30 (lunch is $15)

Visit the website at www.dinearoundseattle.org for a by-neighborhood list of places to catch the promotion and conveniently make your reservations on that site’s OpenTable widget.  Also be sure to follow Dine Around Seattle on Twitter: @dinearoundsea and follow it on Facebook: www.facebook.com/dinearoundseattle for all the latest news, menu highlights, contests and giveaways.

(Hint: check in at the restaurant you’re dining at on Facebook and post a photo of what you’re eating – you just never know when a giveaway might occur!)

Local food blogger, Keren Brown’s, new book has just hit the shelves! The Food Lovers’ Guide to Seattle: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events is an essential guide to everything food-related in Seattle and the surrounding area and includes Gruman & Nicoll clients Cafe Juanita, Revel, Spinasse and Dine Around Seattle (the next cycle of which is in November).

Perfect for visitors and locals, this book is a must-have for serious foodies and is available in bookstores and online at Amazon.com.

Love great food? Possess a top-flight palate?  Understand culinary ingredients? Follow the restaurants and chefs on Seattle’s lively dining scene?

If you think you’ve got an interesting, witty and succinct writing style, Dine Around Seattle is throwing out a challenge perfect for you!  Throughout the month of November, visit any (or all!) of the participating Dine Around Seattle restaurants, Sunday throughThursday, and enjoy their 3-course Dine Around dinner.  Then, compose a recap of your experience (no more than 400 words) and email it to contact@dinearoundseattle.org.

You can organize it however you’d like, but some of the key notes to hit would include:

• Value of Dine Around Seattle Menu
• Server enthusiasm for the promotion
• Favorite dishes
• Creative inclusion of pomegranates
• Quality of dishes
• POM Wonderful Specialty Cocktail (and don’t forget to vote for your favorite at www.seattlemet.com/pom)
• Overall experience

Dine Around Seattle will read each and every review, then pick out the best of them to post on their blog (if you wish to remain anonymous, that can be accommodated).

Each Friday, a winner will be selected from the week’s entries.  Each winner will receive two complimentary $30 gift certificates to a participating Dine Around Seattle restaurant. One grand prize winner will receive $100 from Dine Around Seattle.

Sound like a delicious opportunity?  Make a reservation and start dining today!

Pomegranates take center stage this November as Dine Around Seattle restaurants incorporate that luscious fruit into their food and bar menus.

November 1st-30th, Dine Around Seattle brings together some of the city’s best restaurants, including Art, Bastille, Steelhead Diner, and Toulouse Petit, to offer gourmet meals for a bargain price.

In addition to enticing three-course menus for $30, participating Dine Around Seattle restaurants will also be concocting a $7 signature cocktail using POM Wonderful fruit and juice.
Visit Dinearoundseattle.org for a complete listing of restaurants, their menus and information on how to win a trip to Cyprus just by having a cocktail!