Reston Preps Pre-Emptive Restaurant Week

Posted by The Editorial Desk / Friday, August 7th, 2009

The discount dining carnival continues with the unveiling of the Observer’s Restaurant Week (Aug. 15- Aug. 22)–a hyper-local hospitality promotion poised to get the jump on the broader D.C. restaurant push.

Observer editor Chris Moore said the paper ran a pilot project this past January with great success.

“The restaurants asked us to do another one,” he said, noting that roughly two dozen local properties participated in the winter promotion.

This time around, the paper has recruited nearly 20 restaurants from across the service spectrum, including:

* American Tap Room

* The Breeze

* Clyde’s

* Honeybaked Ham Company

* Ice House Cafe

* Il Fornaio

* M&S Grill

* Mamma Lucia

* Mayuri

* McCormick & Schmick’s

* Melting Pot

* Mon Ami Gabi

* Morton’s

* Obi Sushi

* Red Hot & Blue

* San Vito

* Tortilla Factory

* Vinifera

According to Moore each restaurant is free to set their own menu and prices. But he stressed that “every restaurant is providing deals and three-course meals.”

Moore expects to upload the Reston Restaurant Week menus to the Observer site over the weekend. Reston residents will also receive a detailed guide in the Observer’s August 14 print edition.

–Warren

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