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Restaurant Week Gets a Tasty Twist

October 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM | 1 Comment

Back when Restaurant Week started in the 1980s, it was an idea anyone could get excited about: A one-week-only chance to dine at New York's top restaurants for a fraction of the price.

RW was so successful that every city in the high-end food game now has an annual restaurant week (or two or four), and the idea has gone from great deal to unbearable promotional event, with tiny menus, not-that-great prices and waiters irritated by stingy crowds.

So it only follows that someone would try to make RW cool again, and we're excited to learn the concept of sub-restaurant week is finally here. Presenting: Korean Restaurant Week.

Now through Saturday, 19 Manhattan Korean restaurants are offering a $15, three-course meal, all centered around bibimbap--the iconic Korean rice bowls topped with meat, vegetables, fried egg and assorted other goodies.

Related Stories:
· Korean Restaurant Week [Official Site]
· New NYC Restaurant: Persimmon [Jaunted]
· We're Suckers for Korean Food [Jaunted]

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