Did you get it????? It’s time for Dine About Town! I crack myself up sometimes. Well, it has been some time since my last post, and technically I’m not supposed to post until I pass my LEED test….but I’m not being productive, and since I’m already looking for the best of dine about town, I might as well write a post about it. Was that the longest sentence ever??? I think so. So it begins….(can you name the movie this line is from??) from January 15-31, 150 or so restaurants participate by providing 3 course pre-fixe menus ($21.95 for lunch and 34.95 for dinner) If you do it right, this can be a great deal. If you don’t do it right, you could be paying regular price or more!
Some of the problems with dine about town is that many of the restaurants dumb down the menu, so you are paying for less expensive ingredients and desserts. I don’t want no sorbet for dessert. So I took all the 4 star yelp restaurants. (I’ve been to some of the restaurants on the list, and the overall yelp rating was quite similar to my judgment, so I have confidence that the restaurants in the semifinals are quite good) Next I looked at the Dine About Town sample menu and compared it to their menu prices. For me, dine about town is about eating at a restaurant I couldn’t normally afford, so I want the most bang for my buck. No protiferoles for me. I thought I would have a top 10, but there were only 4 that actually had a good deal, and some were GREAT DEALS! So here they are.
1. Big 4 Restaurant (~$46 value)
2. Luce (~$50 value)
3. Plumpjack (~49 value)
4. Ruth’s Chris – there are no prices on the website, but I have a feeling the value is ~$50
There were a few on my 4 star list that did not have sample menus, so I could not caluclate their value. These were Aziza, Campton Place, Dosa, Foreign Cinema and Jeanty at Jacks. There are also some places that are normally expensive because of their view and not necessarily their food. If you’re looking for an ambiance deal, I recommend Forbes Island and the Hornblower Cruise.
BON APETIT! and make your reservations early! yum Yum YUM!
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