For $9.50 and a one -drink minimum each, you can feed the kids at the Fairmont Hotel s Tonga Room during happy hour from 5 to 7pm on weekdays. Polynesian appetizers, including pot stickers, chicken drummettes, Shanghai noodles, fruit, and crudit s will fill em up, and the tropical storm cued to thunder on the half- hour will provide entertainment. There s nothing else like it.
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