Have you ever wanted to take your significant other out to afancy restaurant but resisted because of the high prices? Here isan opportunity to impress them.
KRLD, a local talk-radio station, organizes this popular fundraising event each summer. Aug. 16 through 22, diners can eat at anumber of high priced, swanky restaurants for the fixed-price of$30 (this excludes tax, tip and beverages). Of the $30, $6 will godirectly to the North Texas Food Bank and the Lena Pope Home. Someof the restaurants are offering the cheaper menu for an extra week,until Aug. 29.
The meal includes appetizer, entrée and desert of therestaurant’s choosing. The 90 participating restaurants offera wide variety of cuisine.
ABACUS
One of Dallas’ best and most expensive restaurants, Abacusserves a variety of adapted exotic cuisines, ranging from Moroccan(couscous) to Japanese (sushi) to French (crème brulee). Adinner here is rarely affordable to most college students onregular nights, and an opportunity to eat here is not to bemissed.
CITIZEN
This Oak Lawn sushi restaurant offers great, fresh sushi in amodern Asian décor. Cross your fingers that they will servetheir Volcano Cake as desert; its molten chocolate middle is aridiculously delicious indulgence.
CIUDAD
Another Oak Lawn staple, Ciudad offers true Mexican food, with afancy twist. The every day menu offers such delicacies as duckburritos and baby goat tacos along with the usual Tex-Mexsuspects.
JEROBOAM
A trip to this chic downtown restaurant is a necessity, duringrestaurant week or not (it offers its own, slightly more expensivefixed-priced dinner on regular nights). Jeroboam offers some of thebest New American cuisine in the area, with exceptional seafooddishes. It has also recently opened its patio, which might be nicein next week’s predicted mild weather.
SMITH & WOLLENSKY
Amazing ultra-expensive steak house. That’s all there isto know.
THE MANSION ON TURTLE CREEK
Ahh, the legendary Mansion. Chef Dean Fearing’s newsouthwestern cuisine has become synonymous with Dallas’elite. Ultra chic, ultra delicious, they will surely serve thenow-famous Tortilla Soup (sold in grocery stores for $15 a jar) asthe appetizer.
Restaurant Week is an opportunity for all of us to get a littlefancied up and enjoy some of Dallas’ best food. Don’tforget to make reservations, as spots are limited for this event.For more information at www.krld.com.
