Restaurant Week for August 2005 was just announced over at Washington.org. It will be August 1st through the 7th. As usual, 3 course menus at participating restaurants will be $20.05 for lunch and $30.05 for dinner.
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Jason, you will provide us with a hit list of must go to restaurants, yes?
Posted by: Jim | May 13, 2005 at 12:34 AM
Uhm...Yeah. That goes without saying. ;)
Posted by: Jason | May 13, 2005 at 09:33 AM
Ok, just checking. I don't want to wander around lost.
Posted by: Jim aka Captain Obvious | May 13, 2005 at 12:07 PM
For a DC Restaurant Week neophyte, may I ask what the deal is in terms of reservations? I imagine it gets crowded. Are reservations allowed? How far ahead? Also, do the restaurants give good prix-fixes at these prices?
Thanks!
Posted by: Greg | Jun 20, 2005 at 12:07 PM
Greg - I tried responding to you privately, but got directed to your blog. Most of the restaurants on the list started taking reservations the day the announcement of participants went up. Many will be booked up the entire Restaurant Week.
If it's your first time at a restaurant - and esp during Restaurant Week - one of the things you are evalutating is whether their prix fixe was a "deal" or not. If the portions are very skimpy - smaller than a normal meal there - then it's a bit of a rip off to me.
If it would normally cost you up to twice as much to eat in that restaurant at that particular meal (either lunch or dinner) - then it's a "good deal" to me.
TenPenh for dinner is a pretty good bargain if you check their restaurant prices at the on-line menu. The Bombay Club, in my opinion, isn't normally all that expensive - so financially - it may not be as good a "deal" - but the food is good - and they actually continued offering their prix fixe menu for a month or so AFTER Restaurant Week last summer.
One place I would not bother going back to during Restaurant Week is Primi Piatti.
At every restaurant I've tried you will be give 2 or 3 choices for each of the courses on the prix fixe. And if you don't see what you like - you always have to option just to order off the regular menu.
Posted by: Jean Williams | Jul 14, 2005 at 10:43 AM
See my latest Restaurant Week Post for recs.
http://www.dcfoodies.com/2005/07/restaurant_week.html
Posted by: Jason | Jul 14, 2005 at 06:56 PM