"Go deeper than love, for the soul has greater depts, loves is like grass, but the heart is deep wild."

In this issue: Valentine's Day Ideas, Make Music Day, Black History Month, Downtown Issaquah Happy Hours, Valentine's Day Fresh Flower Market, & More!

Shop Local With Your Heart

Black History Month

Make Music Day (MMD) - Organizers Connect

DIA's MMD Team had the opportunity to meet up with Rainier Avenue Radio, Seattle's MMD organizer. 

• Rainier Avenue Radio will be converting the entire Columbia City Theater into the "Call to Conscience Black History Month Museum" for this year's upcoming 2023 celebration and education of Northwest/Seattle Black History during February! 
• Rainier Avenue Radio strives to honor these achievements and achievers in Northwest Black history and recognize the Black excellence that shines today. ALL impactful community members from ALL areas should consider taking advantage of this opportunity to learn about the Black community's history from the Black community!

Issaquah Events: Black History Month

Black History Month | Issaquah, WA - Official Website (issaquahwa.gov)

Brandon, at Krawbar, mixing drinks.

El 42 Cantina seats outdoors & indoors.

Fun for Adults in Downtown Issaquah:

Part 1: Happy Hours

By Krysten Carrera

Welcome to part one of the two-part Fun for Adults in Downtown Issaquah series! This month, we look at happy hours. Even if you don’t drink alcohol (or you decided to extend your Dry January), there’s still a lot to love about our community’s specials. Some of them include food or other perks, and all of them foster conversation and good times with fellow merrymakers.

As many of us continue to recover from spending over the holidays, not to mention navigate the realities of inflation, you can’t beat these bargains.

Read on!



• I’m starting with my favorite happy hour, Krawbar. They feature consistently good food and drink specials from 4-6pm every single day of the week.
• Also boasting daily specials is Rollin Log Tavern. Located on Sunset Ave, near the south end of Front St., they offer a dollar off a variety of wells and drafts from 4-7pm
• H&H Saloon, always fun and full of colorful characters, sells $3.25 PBRs from 2-5pm & $6 double wells from 5-8pm daily.
• You’ll find a range of food and drink specials at El 42 Cantina from 4-6 pm Monday through Friday. Also check out their newly expanded bar area.
• Every day from 3:30-5:30pm, Stan’s Bar-B-Q has $1-off draft beers, $2-off ciders, and $1-off wings and chili. I’ll take one of each, please! Weekend specials too.
• Sunset Alehouse food and drink specials run from 3-5pm, Monday through Friday.
• You can enjoy $5 mimosas at Fifty5 Sunset on Saturdays and Sundays until 2pm, as well as discounted drinks Monday through Friday from 3-5pm
• Levitate's happy hour runs Wednesday through Friday from 3-5pm with food and drink specials.
• Honorable mentions – because they aren’t technically happy hours, but still offer amazing deals on a fun time – are Big Picture movie theater with half-off admission on Tuesdays, and “Fast Friday” deals at Village Theatre. 

Stay tuned for part 2 of Fun for Adults in Downtown Issaquah in next month’s column, when we take a deep dive into our town’s nightlife activities!

Downtown Events

A Special Experience for This Valentine's Day

Have you selected that special Valentine's Day gift already? Let's Keep Historic Downtown Issaquah Blossoming! Adopt a hanging basket as a unique gift and support our charming community. Perfect in lieu of Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday or Mother's Day flowers, the hanging baskets are available to visit May through September. Donations are tax-deductible.