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WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK 2016

restaurant week

Who: More than three hundred restaurants throughout the city
What: Winter Restaurant Week
Where: All five boroughs
When: January 18 – February 5, 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,’ ABC Kitchen, American Cut, Asia de Cuba, Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, Blue Smoke, Casa Lever, Charlie Palmer Steak, Circo, Darbar, DB Bistro Moderne, Delmonico’s, Dos Caminos, Esca, Estiatorio Milos, Gotham Bar & Grill, Haru, i Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Cirque, Les Halles, Mercer Kitchen, Monkey Bar, Nice Matin, Nobu, Red Rooster, Rosa Mexicano, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, the Strip House, Tao, Tribeca Grill, Victor’s Cafe, and the Water Club. 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.

DINE AROUND DOWNTOWN 2015

28 Liberty Plaza
Between Liberty & Pine and Nassau & William Sts.
Wednesday, September 30, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Admission: free, dishes $3-$7
212-566-6700
www.downtownny.com

Sponsored by the Downtown Alliance and hosted by chef Amanda Freitag, the fourteenth annual Dine Around Downtown will feature signature dishes from more than fifty Lower Manhattan restaurants, from pizza places and burger joints to steak and seafood houses. Among the participating eateries are ATRIO Wine Bar, Barbalu, Bavaria Bier Haus, the Capital Grille, City Hall, Cowgirl Sea-Horse, Delmonico’s, the Dubliner, Financier Patisserie, Haru, Le District, Les Halles, Lubolang, the Malt House, Mad Dog & Beans Mexican Cantina, OBAO Water Street, the Paris Café, Route 66 Smokehouse, Stone Street Tavern, SUteiShi, Trinity Place, and Ulysses’ Folk House. There will also be live entertainment. Each plate goes for $3 to $7, with proceeds benefiting the Downtown Alliance, which “is striving to make Lower Manhattan a wonderful place to live, work, and play by creating a vibrant multi-use neighborhood.”

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

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK 2014

It’s so cold these days that not even the potential of a hot meal in a hot restaurant can get many New Yorkers to go out for lunch or dinner, but things will hopefully be somewhat warmer, and the streets much easier to traverse, by the time 2014 Winter Restaurant Week kicks into full gear. Reservation lines are now open for three-course prix-fixe $25 lunches and $38 dinners at some three hundred eateries around the city, available Monday through Friday from February 17 to March 7. Most of the restaurants have posted their special menus online; here are only some of the delights to look forward to: tuna tartare, cornmeal-crusted crab cake, Faroe Island salmon, prime beef short rib, and chocolate ganache cake at ‘21’; house-made country pâté, sautéed skate wing, chestnut gnocchi, and passion fruit Pavlova at Artisanal; soupe de choux fleur, saucisse, gnocchi de carottes, and buerre noisette et ananas coupe at Bar Boulud; garganelli in a tomato and basil sauce, roast chicken in a pomegranate sauce and pomegranate kernels with gratineed mashed potatoes, and mousse of orange bittersweet chocolate at Barbetta; New England seafood chowder, blackened mahi mahi sandwich, and Meyer lemon cake with citrus marmalade and blood orange sherbet at Blue Fin; fegatini di pollo, pane tostato, and pancetta, merluzzo in padella con caponata e finocchi, and crostata di mele, merengue, and vanilla gelato at Circo; Long Island duck ragu, eighteen-hour boneless short rib, and chocolate mousse cake at Delmonico’s; grilled baby octopus, marble potatoes, pickled yellow beans, and black olives, pan-roasted Chatham cod with tomatoes, onions, black olives, and capers, and torta di cioccolato at I Trulli; lahsooni gobi, murglababdar, and rice pudding at Junoon; and smoked barley and mushroom soup, pastrami sandwich and fries, and sour cream cheesecake at Kutsher’s. Among the other dining establishments serving up winter delicacies are B. Smith’s, City Hall, Craftbar, Dos Caminos, Gotham Bar, Les Halles, Mercer Kitchen, Nice Matin, Nobu New York, Pampano, the Red Cat, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Tribeca Grill, Zengo, and many, many more, but you better book fast. 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.

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.

DINE AROUND DOWNTOWN

Chase Manhattan Plaza
Between Liberty & Pine and Nassau & William Sts.
Tuesday, June 14, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Admission: free, dishes $3-$7
212-566-6700
www.downtownny.com

Sponsored by the Downtown Alliance, the twelfth annual Dine Around Downtown will feature signature dishes from more than four dozen local downtown restaurants, from pizza places and burger joints to steak and seafood houses. Among the participating eateries are Battery Gardens, the Beekman Pub, the Bridge Café, the Capital Grille, City Hall, Delmonico’s, the Dubliner, Haru, Kitchenette, Les Halles, the Libertine, MarkJoseph, P.J. Clarke’s, Pound & Pence, Salud, Sequoia, Stella, Stone Street Tavern, Suteishi, Trinity Place, Ulysses’ Folk House, and Zeytuna. There will also be live entertainment. Each plate goes for $3 to $7, with proceeds benefiting the Alliance for Downtown New York, which “is striving to make Lower Manhattan a wonderful place to live, work, and play by creating a vibrant multi-use neighborhood.”