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SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK 2013

Multiple locations throughout Manhattan
July 22 – August 16
Lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Foodies, start your engines! Reservations lines are now open for the twenty-second annual Summer Restaurant Week, when many of Manhattan’s best eateries offer special three-course menus at relatively affordable prices. From July 22 through August 16, more than three hundred restaurants will be serving $25 lunches and $38 dinners; advance reservations are strongly suggested for the more popular hot spots, which include the ‘21’ Club, Artisanal Fromagerie & Bistro, Aureole, B. Smith’s, Barbetta, Black Duck, the various Boulud restaurants, Chin Chin, Circo, City Hall, Devi, Esca, Frankie & Johnnie’s, Gotham Bar & Grill, HanGawi, Hospoda, I Trulli, Il Mulino, and Indochine, and that’s just the beginning of the alphabet. Many of the places have their special Restaurant Week menus posted online so you’ll know exactly what’s on tap, but you better book fast.

NEW FISH CITY: A SEAFOOD FEAST ON THE WATERFRONT

Brookfield Place Winter Garden
220 Vesey St. between West St. & the Hudson River
Thursday, June 13, free (all dishes $10 and under), 11:30 am – 2:00 pm, 5:00 – 9:00
www.brookfieldplaceny.com

Brookfield Place Plaza, formerly known as the World Financial Center, will be hosting a seafood extravaganza on June 13, as local restaurants and food trucks come together for New Fish City, giving visitors the chance to sample a range of seafood dishes, all of which will be available for ten dollars and less. [ed. note: Because of the weather, this event has been moved indoors to the Winter Garden.] Among the participants, with some of what they’ll be serving, are Red Hook Lobster Pound (lobster BLT), Brooklyn Oyster Party (raw oysters), Handsome Hank’s (fish and chips), Kutsher’s Tribeca (hot smoked salmon salad on house-made onion roll), PJ Clarke’s (tuna tartare taco), Back Forty West (green gazpacho with oyster shooters), L&W Oyster Co. (Montauk pearl oysters, shrimp cocktail), Cull & Pistol (oysters, crab claws), Cheeky Sandwiches (fried shrimp or oyster po-boy), Luke’s Lobster (lobster, crab, or shrimp roll), Harry’s Italian Pizza Bar (Caesar salad with anchovies), AsiaDog (curry lobster dog), Littleneck (halibut ceviche), Palo Santo (smoked bluefish slider), Esca (whole roasted fish with salsa verde), and BLT Bar & Grill (big eye tuna taco). New Fish City will be open for lunch from 11:30 to 2:00 and for dinner from 5:00 to 9:00, with the evening session joined by a pop-up beer garden.

SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK

Multiple locations
July 16 – August 10
Lunch $24.07, dinner $35
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Been wanting to try that hot, much-buzzed-about restaurant but the price is just a little bit out of hand? Now’s your chance, especially with so many New Yorkers off to the Hamptons and other beach areas, as hundreds of eateries are participating in the twenty-first annual Summer Restaurant Week, which is actually creeping toward Summer Restaurant Month. Running July 16 – August 10, the seasonal promotion offers new foodies and longtime gourmands the opportunity to enjoy $24.07 lunches and $35 dinners at old and new favorites. Advance reservations are strongly suggested for the more popular hot spots, which include the ‘21’ Club, Aureole, B. Smith’s, Barbetta, Beacon, the various Boulud restaurants, Capsouto Frères, Circo, Devi, Esca, and Gotham Bar & Grill, and that’s just at the beginning of the alphabet. Many of the places have their special Restaurant Week menus posted online so you’ll know exactly what’s on tap. But you better book fast.