Ivar's Restaurants To Celebrate Namesake's Birthday with $1.06 Meals, Cake

is celebrating on Tuesday, March 22, what would have been the 106th birthday of Ivar Haglund, who founded the first Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant on the Seattle waterfront.

To celebrate, customers who purchase a regular entree and say, "Happy Birthday, Ivar," can purchase an additional entree of equal or lesser value for $1.06. Customers who get there early also might have a chance to get a piece of cake, according to Ivar's restaurants.

Ivar's Seafood Bar has a location in Bellevue, at 1505 156th Ave. N.E., in the Crossroads neighborhood.

According to the Ivar's website:

Come celebrate on Tuesday, March 22nd.  Say "Happy Birthday Ivar" when you purchase an entrée and you'll get another entrée of equal or lesser value for only 106 cents!  

And the icing on the cake? We're offering select desserts for only 106 cents at Ivar's Acres of Clams, Ivar's Salmon House and Ivar's Mukilteo Landing.  And, Ivar's Seafood Bars will be offering free birthday cake to the first 106 guests at freestanding locations.

According to HistoryLink.org, Ivar Haglund was a native Seattlite, who was a folksinger and entrepreneur. Haglund opened Seattle's first aquarium and a fish and chip shop in the 1930s. He died in 1985.