Collaboration Dinner At TRACE; Gay Night At ESSR

DOWNTOWN — TRACE at the W Hotel will host a "collaborative" dinner benefitting the Sustainable Food Center on January 23rd, featuring a menu from John Bates of the Noble Pig and chef Nadine Thomas and pastry chef Janina O'Leary of the W. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and the three-course meal are $50. [Eaterwire]

EAST SIDE — This one's a ways out, but mark your calendars 'cause it might be a vintage-stylized doozy: the East Side Showroom is hosting its first "gay night" on February 25th. [Eaterwire]

SOUTH FIRST — January's Slow Food Austin happy hour is this Thursday at Lenoir, with $10 appetizers and $5 drinks served in the tiny restaurant's backyard garden: "There will be plenty of heaters, but dress warmly." [Eaterwire]

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