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WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK 2015

Who: More than three hundred restaurants throughout the city
What: Winter Restaurant Week
Where: All five boroughs
When: February 16 – March 6, three-course lunches $25, three-course dinners $38
Why: Reservation lines are now open for Winter Restaurant Week, in which hundreds of New York City eateries offer three-course prix-fixe lunches for $25 and dinners for $38. (Some restaurants do only lunch or dinner, and others offer the deals only on weekdays.) Many of the prix-fixe menus are available online so you know just what you’re in for. Among the many restaurants are such favorites as ‘21 Club,’ Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, Charlie Palmer Steak, City Crab, City Hall, Darbar, DB Bistro Moderne, Delmonico’s, Dévi, Dos Caminos, Esca, Estiatorio Milos, Gotham Bar & Grill, Haru, i Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Cirque, Les Halles, Mercer Kitchen, Monkey Bar, Nice Matin, Nobu, Petrossian, Red Rooster, Rosa Mexicano, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, Tribeca Grill, Victor’s Cafe, the Water Club, and the Water’s Edge. As a bonus, if you register your American Express card, you will receive $5 back each time you charge at least $25 at a participating restaurant.

SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK 2014

Multiple locations
July 21 – August 15
Lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

The theme of the twenty-third annual Summer Restaurant Week is “Eat Up,” and you can do so at more than three hundred spots serving three-course lunches for $25 and/or dinners for $38. You can find just about any kind of cuisine you’re interested in, from pan-Latin, new American, Cuban, Italian, Asian fusion, Australian, Greek, Mexican, Brazilian, Vietnamese, and Spanish to Indian, Mediterranean, steakhouse, Chinese, seafood, barbecue, Japanese, French, soul food, Peruvian, Thai, African, Korean, and continental. Among the myriad participating eateries are such new and returning favorites as Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, B. Smith’s, Chin Chin, City Crab, City Hall, David Burke Fishtail, Gotham Bar & Grill, I Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Périgord, the Marrow, Megu, Molyvos, and Red Rooster Harlem, many of which have posted their special menus on the promotion’s official website. Below is a small sampling of meals you can put together at ten city favorites.

‘21 Club’: Mediterranean grilled calamari with summer vegetable caponata and preserved lemon; braised baby lamb shank with whipped potatoes, English peas, golden raisins, broccoli rabe, and hazelnut gremolata; roasted peach tart with ginger cream and vanilla ice cream

Bar Boulud: Country-style pâté with chicken liver, pork, and herbs; corn-coated Angus beef flank steak with roasted fingerling potatoes and romaine heart; gâteau chocolat-framboise with chocolate chiffon, passionfruit cremaux, and raspberry gelato

Delmonico’s: Acquerella risotto with ruby red shrimp, charred corn, preserved Meyer lemon, and pea shoots; classic chicken à la Keene with pappardelle pasta, pequilo peppers, wild mushrooms, and sweet peas; Valhrona chocolate cake

Devi: Crispy fish pakora tacos with carom-seed-infused fish fritters with avocado and radish slaw; jackfruit biryani and boondi raita with basmati rice, jackfruit, and yogurt with chickpea crisps; gulab jamun crème brûlée with Indian milk dumplings

Kutsher’s Tribeca: Chilled “borscht” gazpacho with summer corn salsa and crème frâiche; house-cured, smoked, and hand-sliced pastrami on soft rye with creamy cole slaw and French fries; classic New York sour cream cheesecake with fresh berries

Les Halles: Slow-cooked shredded duck rilletes; boneless short ribs braised in white wine and ginger with potato galette; Nutella crème brûlée

Petrossian: Smoked salmon with crème frâiche, dill, and toast points; lightly grilled Spanish mackerel with sushi rice, enoki mushrooms, green onions, spinach, carrots, and ginger in a bonito lime broth; peach crumb cake with vanilla ice cream

Rosa Mexicano: Guacamole en molcajete with avocado, jalapeño, tomato, onion, and cilantro with tortilla chips and salsas; pescado à la Veracruzana with pan-roasted mahi mahi in a traditional salsa of roasted tomatoes, bell peppers, poblanos, pickled jalapeños, olives, mint, and cilantro; flan de Rosa with vanilla flan infused with espresso served on a warm, thin ancho chile brownie and topped with Mexican cinnamon whipped cream

SD26: Wild bass carpaccio, lime, fennel pollen baby cucumbers, and spicy tomato vinaigrette; seared diver sea scallops with purple potatoes, sugar snap peas, fagiolini Verdi, and prosciutto crisps; panna cotta in a balsamic vinegar reduction and strawberries

Tribeca Grill: Chilled pea soup; St. Louis-cut ribs with fingerling potato salad; passionfruit semifreddo

TASTE OF GRAMERCY

Irving Place
Saturday, October 12, $40-$50, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
www.gnaonline.org

It’s become more than just a trend for neighborhoods all over the five boroughs to host culinary events featuring signature dishes from local restaurants. Now Gramercy Park is getting in on the action with the inaugural Taste of Gramercy. On October 12 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, more than two dozen eateries will be serving food, including Gramercy Tavern, L’Express, Friend of a Farmer, Big Daddy’s Branded, City Crab, Dos Caminos, Ichabod’s, One Lucky Duck, Ponty Bistro, Paul & Jimmy’s, Pure Food and Wine, Wildwood Barbeque, and Casa Mono. Tickets, which are good for five tastings, are $40 in advance and $50 on the day of the event, with part of the proceeds benefiting such local schools as PS 40 and School of the Future, with any leftover food going to the Bowery Mission.

TICKET ALERT: HARVEST IN THE SQUARE

Tickets are now on sale for the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square gourmet celebration in Union Square Park (photo by James Worrell)

Union Square Park West Plaza
14th St. & Union Square West
Thursday, September 20, general admission $125 (7:30), VIP $400 (6:00)
www.harvest.unionsquarenyc.org

Nearly four dozen local restaurants will be taking part in the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square celebration of fall, a gourmet fundraiser for the Union Square Partnership. Held under tents in the west side of the park, HITS will feature signature dishes from such eateries as Aleo, Alison Eighteen, BLT Fish and BLT Prime, Blue Smoke, Bread & Tulips, Chat ‘n’ Chew, City Crab, Craft, Dévi, Dos Caminos, 5 Napkin Burger, Gramercy Tavern, Hill Country, Junoon, Republic, Rosa Mexicano, SD26, Steak Frites, the Strip House, Tamarind, Tocqueville, Union Square Café, and Wildwood Barbeque. Drinks will be supplied by Bedell Cellars, Casa Larga Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Heartland Brewery, Irving Farm Coffee, Knapp Winery, Paumanok Vineyards, Think Coffee, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, and many others. In addition, there will be booths from City Harvest, Greenmarket Farmers Market, and Whole Foods Market Union Square. This year’s restaurant chair is Brett Reichler of B.R. Guest, and the wine chair is once again Garry Tornberg of Southern Wine & Spirits of New York. The event was founded by Danny Meyer of the Union Square Hospitality Group and Eric Petterson of the Gotham City Restaurant Group in order to raise funds for the beautification of historic Union Square Park. Tickets are on sale now, $125 for general admission at 7:30 and $400 for early VIP entry at 6:00.

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK

Monday – Friday, January 16 – February 10
Prix-fixe lunch $24.07, dinner $35
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Reservation lines are now open for Winter Restaurant Week, with hundreds of eateries offering $24.07 lunches and/or $35 dinners participant in the popular event’s twentieth year, including 10 Downing Food & Wine, ‘21’ Club, 5 Ninth, Artisanal, B. Smith’s, Barbetta, Boulud Sud, Capsouto Frères, City Crab, Estiatorio Milos, I Trulli, Les Halles, Lure Fishbar, Maze, Megu, Mercer Kitchen, Nice Matin, the Palm, Petrossian, Quality Meats, Red Rooster Harlem, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Steak Frites, TAO, Tribeca Grill, the Water Club, Wildwood Barbecue, and so many others. As an added bonus, if you use your American Express card on three or more Restaurant Week meals, you’ll get a $20 statement credit. As always, be sure to check your desired location online, since many of the restaurants post exactly what the special menu consists of so you know just what treats you’re in for.