Day 8 of 365 Things To Do Around the Eastside: Friday = Happy Hour

Happy Friday! WOW what a strange week, but now that it’s almost over it’s time for getting together with friends for a little Food, Fun & Drink! Happy Hour in downtown Bellevue is simply FANTABULOUS and easy.

You can find plenty of FREE parking at Bellevue Square and walk to over 20 different restaurants within just 1 ½ blocks. Today picks is:

The Cheesecake Factory Bellevue – yes, you read right! The Cheesecake Factory is now offering a HAPPY HOUR! The apps are just $5 each and there are over 40 Happy Hour Choices! Chicken Taquitos, Southern Fried Chicken Sliders, Buffalo Blasts (sorta like a chicken wing), Roadside Sliders, Hot Spinach & Cheese Dip, Avocado Eggrolls, Fried Mac & Cheese, Sweet Corn, Tamale-Cakes, Fire-Roasted Fresh Artichoke, Vietnamese Shrimp Summer Roll, Made-to-Order Guacamole, Tex-Mex Eggrolls, Fried Calamari, Chicken Pot Stickers, Crispy Crab Wontons and Factory Nachos. If you order a few apps you will leave FULL and most likely with a DOGGIE BAG J

Now for the FUN part – The Drink menu features: Mojito, Long Island Iced Tea, Margarita, J.W.’s Pink Lemonade and Cosmos for $5 each. Also they will offer $5 select well drinks; $5 selected wine by the glass.

This is just a sample of the menu, which may vary by which location you visit (there are 3 in the Seattle area).

Be prepared for a crowded bar and possible waits, but that’s what you expect on a Friday night happy hour at a hot restaurant.