Culinary Calendar
Advertiser Staff
TODAY
• BLUES, BREWS & BBQ FESTIVAL, daily through Oct. 31; $15 logo T-shirts with the American flag will be sold and $10 from each shirt sold will be donated to the New York Firefighters Fund. Dixie Grill-'Aiea: 485-2722, Dixie Grill-Honolulu: 596-8359.
THURSDAY
• DINE FOR AMERICA, a program of the National Restaurant Association; restaurants nationwide will hold individual fund-raisers today and proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to assist victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Participants include Payao Thai, Ocean Club, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Sansei, Kengo's, Jose's Taqueria, Boomerangs and Subway at Restaurant Row; Dixie Grill on Ward Avenue and in 'Aiea; Auntie Pasto's on Beretania Street and Kapahulu Avenue; Compadres Bar & Grill at Ward Centre and Maui's Lahaina Cannery; Ryan's in Ward Centre; Kincaid's in Ward Warehouse; Palomino in Harbor Court; Nick's Fishmarket in Waikiki; Big City Diner on Wai'alae Avenue, and Jimmy's Lakeside Cafe and Dot's in Wahiawa. Visit the Dine for America Web site or call 732-7733.
NEXT WEDNESDAY
• 4TH ANNUAL "IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT" BENEFIT LUNCHEON for the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Ruth's Chris Steak House in Restaurant Row; $40. Reservations: 535-7613.
COMING UP
• THE GREAT DIAMOND HEAD BEERFEST, a sampling of more than 80 different U.S. and international brews, as well as food and live jazz and blues, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Diamond Head Greens area of the Waikiki Shell; $22 in advance, $25 at the door. 732-6699.
