Can't Miss It: Tuesday

Chris Mansfield is the tattooed bad boy behind Fences.

CAKE-AROKEE: Tuesday nights are special at Highline, Capitol Hill's vegan dive bar. Usually Highline doesn't serve dessert, but on Tuesday nights they bust out some cake to go with their karaoke. Because just maybe good vegan booze isn't enough to get your karaoke buzz going. Pro-tip: Cake sells out fast; get there early.

10 pm // Highline // Whatever the booze and cake will cost you

FEEL GOOD SAD SONGS: That's how people have described the music of Fences. Bad boy heartthrob is how some people have described Chris Mansfield, the man behind Fences. Those two descriptions combined and people can't help but compare Mansfield to another famed emotional Northwest singer/songwriter - Elliott Smith.

6 pm // Ballard Sonic Boom // FREE

CHOW DOWN: Thirteen restaurants in the Columbia City neighborhood will be participating in a fundraising event tonight to benefit the Rainier Valley Food Bank tonight. It works like this: (1) purchase tickets here; (2) receive passport; (3) restaurant-hop around the Columbia City neighborhood and fill your tummy with delicious food morsels. Participating restaurants include: La Medusa, El Pilon, Island Soul Caribbean, Jones BBQ, Tutta Bella, Verve Wine Bar and Bistro, Full Tilt Ice Cream, St. Dames, Wabi Sabi, Banadir, Empire Espresso, Geraldine's Counter, Chelsea Deli. You're gonna be hungry anyways, why not eat in the name of a worthy cause?

5 - 9 pm // Columbia City // $75