Detroit Restaurant Week 27Bucks per person
Organizers of the first Detroit Restaurant Week have unveiled the official list of participating restaurants for the 10-day event from Sept. 18-27.
Seventeen fine dining restaurants will be offering a three course meal for $27, excluding tax and beverages. Many restaurants also will offer specially-priced wine and beverage pairings to accompany the meal.
Participating restaurants include: 24Grille, Andiamo Detroit Riverfront, Atlas Global Bistro, Coach Insignia, Cuisine, Da Edoardo Foxtown Grille, Detroit Fish Market, Forty-Two Degrees North, Iridescence, Mosaic Restaurant, Opus One, Rattlesnake Club, Roast, Saltwater, Seldom Blues, The Whitney and Wolfgang Puck Grille.
“We are very pleased to have downtown Detroit’s top tier restaurants involved in this exciting new promotion,” said Sandy Levine, restaurant liaison for Detroit Restaurant Week in a press release.
In addition, Detroit’s Eastern Market will offer special Detroit Restaurant Week culinary demonstrations each Saturday morning from Aug. 22 to Sept. 26.
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One great and one decent Restaurant Week experience
First off, the $27 is a bargain for starter, entree and dessert at a fine-dining restaurant.
On Friday, we went to Wolfgang Puck's. Really, really good. We were actually blown away by it -- we are big roast fans. Great soup and salad, AMAZING steaks and fries, and amazing dobos torte dessert. We sat in the bar.
On Saturday we went with friends to 42 degrees or whatever the restaurant was in the Ren Cen Marriott. Beautiful room with weird service. We were told to come back at 930 _ we got there at 9 _ because it was full. When we were seated the restaurant was 75 percent empty! Still the food was good, although my wife's fillet was luke-warm. Probably under the heat lamp too long.
The best thing about this promotion for us, is it allowed us to check out some places we normally wouldn't go. For the restaurants, it gave folks a teaser and a reason to return. We'll go back to Wolfgang Puck's and order full fare. While 42 degrees was decent, it wasn't decent enough to drop the $150 for a full meal.
This is a great concept!