More on Restaurant Week
Someone asked me, either by e-mail or here on the blog, for a list of restaurants worth going to during Restaurant Week.
Because I avoid Restaurant Week restaurants for reviewing purposes (the menus just aren't typical), I'm not the person to ask.
I did, however, do a story a couple of years ago that might be of some help. ...
I can tell you what restaurants I think will be a good value, and I did with my Top 10 list this morning; but I hear tales of upscale places with chintzy Restaurant Week menus and casual restaurants that offer a lot to lure new people in on a regular basis.
Your best bet is to check back here and hope that readers who participated last time will post advice below.
We'd also be interested in why participants this time have made reservations at certain restaurants and not others. (The restaurant's prix fixe menu doesn't include any seafood, for instance.)
I'll also create a post during Restaurant Week where you can post your thoughts about the restaurants you go to this time, or at least award them stars.
Actually, if I got enough votes for places to go, I could do a Top 10 Places to Go for Restaurant Week.
(Algerina Perna/Sun photographer)
Comments
I made a reservation to fogo de chao, simply because it seems like it's an identical menu to their regular $50 dinner, for $35.
also, I notice that they upped the price from 30 to 35 this year....
Posted by: Matt | January 5, 2010 11:11 AM
Last year we had an excellent dinner at Tabrizi's. We recall that the menu contained a large selection from their regular menu.
Posted by: Federal Hill Jim | January 5, 2010 5:54 PM
Last summer we ate at Crush (good), Meli (good) and Ruth's Chris (awful). Last winter we did Gertrude's (good), lunch at Germano's (good, and very generously-portioned), and RA Sushi (they don't serve RW dinner until *after* happy hour, which ends at 7pm). Hubby and I like to pick places that we've never been to and that offer interesting selections that are a good indication of their regular menu. We avoid places where an average meal costs less than or about $30 (in years past, that would be Ding How, and this year I'm betting Mughal Garden falls into that category).
I'd say if any restaurant that has piqued your interest in the past is offering something you'd love to try, then by all means, go. For the majority of places, one can't beat 3 courses at $35.
Posted by: theminx | January 6, 2010 10:31 AM
BTW there are about 40 other cities with their own restaurant weeks, including NYC, LA, and D.C. There is a complete list with links to the cities' websites at http://www.eatdrinkdeals.com/2010/01/restaurant-week-across-usa-2/
Posted by: GM Arnold | January 6, 2010 11:22 AM