Monday – Friday, January 14 – February 8
Three-course prix-fixe lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek
Prices have risen slightly for 2013 Winter Restaurant Week, but only moderately; prix-fixe three-course lunches have gone from $24.07 to $25, and dinners from $35 to $38, but there are still plenty of reasons to get hungry, including peppered duck leg, sautéed scallop, sepia, shrimp and cod, and vanilla bean crème brûlée at ‘21,’ pâté grand-mère, aile de raie sautée, and tarte chocolat et noisette at Bar Boulud, warm prosciutto & Gruyere cheese tart, open-faced crisp John Dory sandwich, and Valrhona chocolate pot de crème at Blue Fin, beef short rib taquitos, chile rubbed beef brisket torta, and chocolate butterscotch cake at Dos Caminos, spicy Mongolian hot pot in steamboat, kimchi stone bowl rice, and chef’s dessert selection at HanGawi, pastrami Reuben eggroll, challah grilled cheese, and black & white ice-cream cookie sandwich at Kutsher’s, classic French onion soup, seared merlu, and chocolate fondant at Le Cirque, fresh shucked oysters, steamed cod, and apple walnut crumble at Lure Fishbar, sea scallops, celery root raviolo, and Meyer lemon chiboust at Nice Matin, black cod miso on limestone lettuce, unami Arctic char, and dessert at Nobu, classic Caesar salad, single-cut filet mignon, and New York cheesecake at Palm One, Petrossian smoked salmon, lamb shank pot au feu, and chocolate caramel tart at Petrossian, seared diver scallops, hanger steak with brandied cherries, and mint Oreo chocolate chunk at Quality Meats, fragrant mushroom broth pork belly dumplings, pork belly bahn mi, and spiced ginger cake at Spice Market, cheddar bratwurst, braised short rib, and pumpkin cheesecake at Tribeca Grill, and fried green tomatoes, blackened shrimp po’ boy, and toasted apple pound cake at Wildwood Barbeque. Among the many other participating restaurants, which total approximately three hundred eateries, are B. Smith’s, Capsouto Frères, Darbar, Delmonico’s, Frankie & Johnnie’s, Gotham Bar & Grill, Il Mulino, Mercer Kitchen, Rosa Mexicano, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, and Water’s Edge, but you better book soon.