RESTAURANT WEEK
Executive Chef Anthony Ricco of Meatpacking's delectable Spice Market is preparing quite the feast for hungry participants in this year's Restaurant Week. Prix fixe menus are available for both your three-course lunch ($24.07) and dinner ($35) and are quite the deal! Some tasty offerings include chicken skewers with lime dipping sauce, butternut squash soup, chili-garlic egg noodles, pineapple upside down cake, and much more.
Moving on from Southeast Asian specialties to Portuguese delights, Alfama will also be serving up lunch and dinner menus for your to enjoy. Try delicacies such as Portuguese sausage, grilled skirt steak, traditional Portuguese dessert Sericaia com Molho de Baunilha, and that's just a small sampling of what they have to offer.
With Restaurant Week nearing its end, we figured we better make a reservation and fast. We ended up choosing Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill. We’ve always been a fan of Mr. Flay but had never been there, and we were eager and excited to check it out.
What a disappointment. We decided to forgo the uninspired Restaurant Week menu and instead chose a few items from the regular dinner menu. To start, we ordered the Fresh Cut Tuna Nachos and the Cremini Mushroom Quesadillas. These were the best things that we ate, the tuna nachos were paired with some delicious tortilla chips and we enjoyed the ceviche-like feel of the tuna. The Cremini Mushroom Quesadilla was tasty as well; it was topped with Fontina and Ricotta cheese and a fried egg, and had a nice flavor.
From February 19th-27th, Restaurant Week commences in Chicago, "America’s new culinary star” according to Saveur Magazine.
Two-hundred restaurants (the most ever!) in the city and surrounding suburbs are offering special three-course prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at $22 and $33, respectively. With a majority of these restaurants normally featuring $33 single entrees, this nearly two-week event is a scrumptious steal!
Stand-out restaurants include Cafe des Architectes, Piccolo Sogno, Bistro Bordeaux, Perennial, LM, Province, Riccardo Trattoria, Sable, and Oceanique.
This is your time to experience Las Vegas finest dining for a low price and a good cause. Stating Monday August 30th and running until Sunday September 5th choose from over 100 restaurant offering three-course menus priced at $20.10, $30.10 or $50.10. If you take advantage of Restaurant week and all it has to offer you will be giving to Three Square charity and food bank with restaurants choosing to donate between $4 and $6 from each fixed-price meal.
Listen up. It’s time to make reservations to dine for KRLD Restaurant Week during August 16th – August 22nd. Enjoy a set three-course dinner for $35 at participating Dallas and Fort Worth restaurants. As you fill your tummies fill your heart knowing that the restaurant donated $7 of that cost to the North Texas Food Bank and the Lena Pope Home.
A Central Market Fourth Course will be offered again this year at some participating restaurants. Make a Central Market purchase of $25 or more between July 12 and August 29 and receive a certificate (while supplies last) for a forth course. There is also an opportunity to preview KRLD Restaurant Week. During August 13 through August 15, three-course meals along with a signature cocktail will be offered for $42.
Coral Gables Restaurant Week gets underway next Monday June 9. 30 restaurants will showcase three-course prix fixe menus featuring some of the best cuisine South Florida has to offer. It's a great chance to check out some of the best restaurants in the area for prices that won't break your budget.
In addition, this Friday June 4 there will be a kick off event at the Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. You'll get to taste samplings from all of the Restaurant Week participants and enjoy live music from Nil Lara. Tickets are just $10 in advance and $15 the day of.
Starting from May 22nd, Staten Island, NY will continue its restaurant week until June 6. Celebrate the local restaurants featured during this week while deals last! Over 10 restaurants are participating in this event with cuisines ranging from Indian to Italian. As the program began with the Uncorked! Wine & Food Festival, it will end with the SINY Film Fest. With a suggested set price of $22.10 for a three-course meal, what do you have to lose? To find out more information, click here.
Listen up, you dining darlings: Starting tomorrow, Vibrant Rioja Wine kicks off the beginning of their 15-day long restaurant week. Over 25 different restaurants are participating in this culinary festivity, offering $25 price-fixed lunches and $35 dinners. To top off the glory of those deals, you will also be blessed with a glass of Rioja wine. Cheap dishes and complimentary wine? Sign me up.
So, just to recap in case you are floored beyond comprehension:
It used to be that Restaurant Week was one week of dinners or lunches for a great deal (usually the year in dollars and cents 2009 = $20.09.). Now Restaurant week extends for at least another week, and for some restaurants the entire month, and has a much broader depth including shows, and hotel packages.
This year Arts Boston has everything from Stephen Petronio Company at the Institute for Contemporary Arts at half off to Bobby McFerrin at Symphony Hall. There is the American Repertory Theatre's much loved Donkey Show and José Matteo's Ballet Theatre's new show, Out of the Dark.
With Summer Restaurant Week under way, there are a plethora of options for money savvy New Yorkers looking to be wined and dined at some of Manhattan’s finest; all while being able to save a few bucks on the side for those increasing subway fares. Aside from the list of bi-annual restaurant specials that we have come to appreciate, there’s a deal not found on the beaten path that is highly worth mentioning.
Lusso, one of Soho’s Italian cuisine newcomers, is currently offering $3 glasses of sangria every night weekly as well as 50% off all bottles of wine every Wednesday through the month of July (and hopefully continuing assuming it’s bringing in more bodies through the door). *Keep yourself posted on other deals the Italian eatery is offering via their Facebook page… last month they offered half off your tables entire tab!
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