Dining@Large: Baltimore County Restaurant Week launches Friday (I think) - Baltimore restaurants: The dish on the restaurant scene, memorable meals, dining trends and more

The other day, someone from the Business Desk wandered over to ask if I had written or was planning to write anything about the convergence of winter restaurant promotions in the the Tri County area, and I was like, "yeah, I'm on it."

And, so then on the Baltimore Sun homepage this morning I notice that there's a story about the convergence of winter restaurant promotions in the BalBalHo area, and I'm like, "HEY, I said I was writing something!"

But it was the Table Talk story that I had written. And the gist of the story is the More the Merrier: What's all this Fuss about Winter-promotion Overload?!?

And, so of course, I managed to say in this story that Howard County Restaurant Weeks start first, followed by Baltimore County's Restaurant Week and Baltimore Restaurant Week, the city's version.

But that's not correct.

Baltimore County's winter restaurant promotion launches first, this Friday, January 14, and runs through Friday, January 28. The county's promotion allows restaurants to fix the cost for their multi-course menus at one of six amounts -- $10.11, $15.11, $20.11, $25.11, $30.11, $35.11.

Howard County Restaurant Weeks begin on Monday, January 17 and continue through Monday, January 31. Participating restaurants are allowed to fix the price of their multi-course menu anywhere from $10.11 to $40.11.

And then, Baltimore Restaurant Week starts on from Friday, January 21 and runs officially through Sunday, January 30, with a classic Restaurant Week structure: $35.11 for a fixed-price dinner/$20.11 for a fixed-price lunch.

Comments

Thanks for this informative post. I;m definitely gonna check their restaurant out.

Posted by: kitchen gadget | January 13, 2011 3:51 AM

The appeal of the Baltimore County system completely baffles me in so many ways.

Posted by: Owl Meat Gadget | January 14, 2011 9:24 AM

I think the appeal of the Baltimore County system is obvious. Different restaurants have different price bands, so why should all restaurants that want to participate in RW price their specials the same? Does anyone want or need a $35 deal at a diner? Likewise, how good is a $10 meal at a fine dining restaurant going to be?

Now I could say that six prices may be a little much. Perhaps three would have been more streamlined.

Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | January 15, 2011 7:02 AM

I think the appeal of the Baltimore County system is obvious.

FASCIST!

Posted by: Owl Meat Gestapo | January 15, 2011 9:14 AM

Owl, didn't you take the civility pledge?

Posted by: Dahlink | January 15, 2011 1:00 PM

Owl, didn't you take the civility pledge?\

I skull-f**ked the civility pledge. My lawyer is Mike Slowcum. William Shatner referred me to him.

Posted by: Owl Meat GloryHo | January 15, 2011 1:51 PM

Civility is more of a Howard County thing, and I'm pretty sure there is a 20 mile no-fly zone around Columbia for Owls.

Posted by: RoCK | January 17, 2011 9:51 PM