Fig & Olive

Tonight and tomorrow partake in a Mediterranean olive oil driven three-course prix fixe lunch for $28 and an exquisite dinner for $44. The special resumes on Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. Some of the special menu items include a Cote D’Azur fish soup served with garlic saffron aioli and toasted olive oil bread. For an entrée they are serving rosemary lamb chops with herbs de Provence. Finish with one of pastry chef Andrew LeStourgeon’s “Crostini” with Amarena cherry, mascarpone, and pistachios served atop housemade shortbread with micro-basil. 650 La Cienega, (310)360-9100.

Breadbar W. Third

A three-course lunch for $16 includes red beet gazpacho and a caprese salad with a quiche Lorraine with Mandrage ham and Emmenthal Swiss cheese or a corned beef sandwich on Breadbar’s Tuscan ciabatta bread. Dessert is bread pudding or a mini chocolate and red beet cupcake. Served Oct. 6 – 7 and Oct. 9 – 14. 8718 W. Third St. Los Angeles, (310)205-0124.

Breadbar Century City

Guest chef Jet Tila will help prepare a three course dinner menu on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 for $34 that includes thin crust pizza with creamy mozzarella, smoked bacon and caramelized onions or braised pork belly with crispy watermelon radish and chocolate molten cake. This special menu is also available on Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. (310)277-3770.

Casa del Mar’s

Treat yourself to a pumpkin pie martini tonight before indulging in a three-course lunch or dinner at Catch during dineLA week. Some of the items they will prepare are a spaghetti with shrimp, calamari, clams, tomatoes, chili, capers, olives and basil or a red wine braised beef short ribs with roasted root vegetables and black garlic gremolata. Save room for the salted caramel chocolate tart with espresso meringue and coffee ice cream. Enjoy this menu on Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. 1910 Ocean Blvd. (310)581-5533.

Napa Valley Grill

Executive Chef Joseph Gillard is preparing a pastoral premier lunch and dinner tonight and tomorrow with a chopped kale salad, Tahitian squash soup or duck rillettes with housemade grape mustard for starters. Ale braised venison ragu, lamb meatloaf with warm tabouli salad and a seafood “cio -Pinot” with spicy tomato broth and sourdough crostini are the second courses and the sweet ending is either a cheesecake trio with goat cheese, lemon verbena and honey or a chocolate meringue pot de crème. Prices are $22 for lunch and $34 for a three-course dinner. This special is available on Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. 1100 Glendon Ave # 100, (310)824-3322.

Grub

Enjoy a three-course comfort food dinner for $26 from Thursday Oct. 6 through Oct. 7 and Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. Start with a Beets the Alternative salad or “Crack” bacon quesadilla. For your entrée they are offering some of their top sellers, such as Betty’s Potato Chip Chicken or Hunka, Hunka, Burning Loaf. For dessert they offer a Neapolitan ice cream sandwich, Cyndi’s Luscious Chocolate sandwich or Libby’s famous Fosse cookies. 911 N. Seward St. (323)462-3663.

Garden Event with Homegirl Cafe

Homegirl Cafe will be offering a Family Garden workshop on Sunday, Oct.16 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Learn gardening basics including garden planning, plant selection, seed starting and transplanting. The child-friendly class will end with a fall harvest cooking demo by Chef Pati Zarate and the Homegirls. The workshop is $47 for adults and $10 for children. All farm-to-table proceeds go toward the Homegirl Education fund, benefitting Homegirl Cafe employees. Currently Homegirl Farms grows 20% of the produce used in their Cafe, Catering and in their Farmers’ Markets. The goal is to reach 50% by next summer. To RSVP, email: shannons@homeboy-industries.org

The Tripel

With an array of craft beers, this beachside eatery is offering some fun food on their menu. How about red curry coconut milk biscuits with orange blossom-honey and clotted cream, rock shrimp deviled eggs with pickled radish and onion sprouts or calamari po’boy with sourdough, cambozola blue-brie, house pickles and stout mustard. Open for dinner nightly and lunch Fri. through Sun. 333 Culver Blvd. (310)821-0333.

Pumpkin Pancakes

IHOP is offering their annual favorite pumpkin pancakes topped with creamy whipped topping in stacks of four or two with a combo meal. Starting now until Oct. 31, trick-or-treat all-you-can-eat buttermilk pancakes are available a la carte or in a combo, starting at $4.00. Funny face pancakes will turn into Scary Face pancake for kids 12 years old and younger. The Scary Face pancake is an oversized signature buttermilk pancake with a whipped topping mouth and strawberry nose. It has two mini Oreo cookies and candy corn on the side for kids to create their own Halloween face hotcakes. Arrive on Oct. 28 to IHOP and kids trick or treating (under 12) will receive a free Scary Face Pancake from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 8461 Santa Monica Blvd. (323)656-5468, 5655 Wilshire Blvd. (323)297-4467 and 7006 Sunset Blvd. (323)466-8370.

LA Market

Kerry Simon will be hosting three-course beer pairing dinners every Sunday in October. Each week a different craft brewery will be featured with a special menu. One night the menu may consist of lightly smoked salmon sashimi with pink grapefruit gelee, crunchy cucumber and spiced nuts or beer braised pork belly with pickled cabbage and braised carrots. This Sunday, enjoy a brewery from Fort Bragg, North Coast Brewing Co. that has won over 70 awards in national and international competitions. On Oct. 16, Affligem Brouwerij from Opwijk, Belgium, is here to serve its hoppy amber beer. On Sunday, Oct. 23 sit back and learn about a niche brewery in Chambly, Quebec, the Unibroue Brewery. The price is $35 per person for the three-course menu and beer pairing. 900 W. Olympic Blvd. (213)765-8600.

1 Year of Fresheast

Celebrate the Pan Asian cuisine’s tonight through Oct. 10 during Fresheast’s first year “Passport to Asia” celebration. Tonight’s country is Korea and menu items include Korean Chili noodles, tiger bowl with shrimp and bulgogi. Proceeds will go towards the Korean Resource Center. Tomorrow night is China, then Japan and Thailand on Oct. 9. Each night leading up to Oct. 10, the restaurant will decorate and create an in-restaurant experience featuring the countries of Korea, China, Japan and Thailand. A portion of the proceeds will go to a charity that benefits that evening’s country. The restaurant is focused on providing healthy, sustainable, and affordable meals for guests. Fresheast donates 10% of proceeds to Doctors Without Borders on Monday nights. Guests who ride their bike or drive a hybrid to the restaurant receive 10% off their bill. 8951 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste G-1, (310)859-9989.