San Diego Restaurant Week: Cheap Eats at Hundreds of Otherwise Expensive Joints

San Diego Restaurant Week’s wintertime event comes at during a time of the year traditionally dedicated to resolution keeping. When the television, the newspaper coupon section and virtually every advertisement is for weight loss and exercise, the restaurateurs of San Diego county invite us to taste their best dishes at very affordable rates during the last weeks of January. What would be a better excuse to cheat…just a little.

From their site:

THREE COURSES. TWO WEEKS. EXTRAORDINARY FOOD.
Twice a year in 2008, experience cuisine that delights the palate and defines the art of dining during San Diego Restaurant Week. Choose from over 130 of the city’s best restaurants and enjoy a three-course dinner for either $30 or $40 per person, depending upon the restaurant.

Now in its fourth year as San Diego County’s largest and most successful dining event, San Diego Restaurant Week was launched with the intention of spotlighting the city as a premier dining destination. Following the tremendous response to Restaurant Week 2007, which attracted over 200,000 diners, this delicious tradition will be held twice a year in 2008.Organized by the California Restaurant Association in partnership with the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau and San Diego Magazine, Restaurant Week gives local food aficionados and visitors an opportunity to enjoy special three-course, prix fixe menus from more than 130 participating restaurants throughout San Diego County for either $30 or $40 per person.

A spectacular exhibition of San Diego’s finest culinary talents, Restaurant Week 2008 will once again illustrate why the city’s dining scene is rapidly becoming one of the nation’s hottest and most talked about. Restaurant Week will feature a vast array of options from established favorites as well as many new restaurants that have opened their doors during the past year.

When is it?
January 27- February 1, 2008
June 22-27, 2008

Visit: http://www.sandiegorestaurantweek.com 

Posted by Melissa on January 10th, 2008 filed in Local Deals