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1300 Fillmore (@ Eddy)

At the recent Juneteenth celebration that coincided with the Fillmore Farmer’s Market, the upscale soul food restaurant known as 1300 Fillmore had a booth serving up BBQ Shrimp & Grits for $5.

In addition to the delicious and generous sample, the friendly folks at 1300 Fillmore were also promoting their happy hour (also known as “O Happy Hour”):

Monday - Thursdays
4:30pm - 7:30pm
$3 draft beers
$3 sparkling wine
$5 well drinks and house wines

This Friday, you get a chance to eat some wild baked Salmon at Ocean Beach, at about 6:30pm, when SalmonAid 2009 kicks off its awareness-building campaign.

The full festival happens this weekend (Saturday & Sunday, June 20-21) at Jack London Square in Oakland.

What do the festival organizers want you to be aware of?

1. Wild salmon populations have declined drastically, especially in California. Rivers and streams that were former spawning grounds (like the Sacramento and Klamath rivers) have been diverted, drained, or buried due to dams, silt, and other things.

Woodhouse Fish Company’s newest location on Fillmore Street is offering a $1 Oyster Happy Hour on Tuesdays from 4pm - 10pm. They sell a variety of oysters regularly, but during that time, 1 particular type is available for $1 each. Their latest spot is in what was once euphemized as “Lower Pacific Heights” but now resembles the trickling down of yuppiedom towards Geary and the ‘Hood. When I went to check it out last week, the place was packed and I saw quite a few grubgirls dining on oysters only.

The foodies at SFWeekly interviewed the dining manager over at Urban Tavern, which is in the middle of its “Pay What You Think It’s Worth” promo. You read it correctly - a restaurant, in these economic times, is daring to have you come in and name your own price for a meal.

Would you risk such a promo? (With the caveats that you eat no more than 3 courses, and that a max of 100 diners will be offered this, daily.)

And from another perspective, do you think you’d end up paying less, more, or about the same as the menu items?