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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]

[Photo: aemosion]

Philadelphia

Restaurant Week Map for Imaginary Sixth-Borough

February 14, 2006 at 10:14 AM | 0 Comments

Remember all the Philadelphia food chatter from a while back?

Well get ready, Morimoto and the like are gearing up for restaurant week in Philly, which is February 19-24.

Courtesy of blog fiftyonefiftyone and mapping site CommunityWalk, we have access to a cool map of tons of participating Philly restaurants, complete with menus. So now you can Google map your way to the tastiest cheesesteak in Philly hottest restaurants in the imaginary sixth-borough.

Did we get the tagline correct GoPhila?  

Related Stories:
·   Philadelphia Restaurant Week [5151]