It's an age-old question: What's for dinner? If you're in the Cumming area, the solution has been made easier by the addition of a new try-more-than-one menu at Up the Creek Grill, 1530 Market Place Blvd. Create a two- or three-item platter priced from $9.99 to $16.99. Choices include chicken tenders, coconut shrimp, blackened or grilled tilapia, salmon, fried catfish, or a quarter-pound burger, to name a few.

Up the Creek has also added several new items to its lunch menu, including chicken or shrimp salad, Buffalo chicken rollup, chicken pesto on flat bread, blackened whitefish rollup, fish tacos and a Buffalo shrimp rollup. Try them from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 678-455-7449; www.upthecreekusa.com.

> Food specials continue to be hot as area eateries look for ways to draw more diners. At Nancy G's Cafe in Sandy Springs, early birds will find many of the menu's biggest hits, such as lemon chicken, shrimp and grits, and bistro filet, priced from $10.95 to $12.95. The deal is offered between 4 and 6 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. Nancy G's is located at 4920 Roswell Road, 404-705-8444; www.nancygscafe.com.

In Roswell, Aqua Blue now offers a $20 fixed menu every Sunday and Monday through August. Dinners start with a choice of salads, followed by several entree options, including braised beef tenderloin in a peppercorn sauce, roasted chicken cappellini with angel hair pasta, pecan-crusted trout, Atlantic salmon, or yellowfin tuna. The last course is a choice between a warm Mississippi mud pie or creme brulee. There's also a nightly bar special to go with your meal: $5 martinis and $3 appetizers on Monday; $1 Nigiri and $3 drafts on Tuesday; $5 glasses of wine Wednesdays. Appetizers are free from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, when the live music kicks in. Aqua Blue sits at 1564 Holcomb Bridge Road; 770-643-8886; www.aquablueatl.com.

> Save the last Wednesday of the month for the wine tastings scheduled at Milton's Cuisine and Cocktails, 780 Mayfield Road in Alpharetta. From 6 to 7:30 p.m., guests will receive tastings of several varietals, as well as a $10 gift certificate toward dinner that evening. Tastings are $10 in advance, $15 that evening. Reserve a spot by calling 770-817-0161; www.miltons-atl.com.

> Now you can have your dinner and a ride to the concert, too. Ray's Killer Creek, 1700 Mansell Road in Alpharetta, offers diners a $10 shuttle service to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. Dinner begins at 4 p.m. on concert nights, and those older than 21 with a shuttle ticket will receive a free glass of wine. The shuttle runs to all concerts, except those with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. For details, call 770-649-0064; www.raysrestaurants.com.

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