One of my favorite weeks! $27 lunches and $35 dinners at some of the best restaurants in NYC. However, buyer beware…$35 for dinner may seem like a bargain but there is always some off-the-restaurant-week-menu ordering that is bound to happen, i.e. alcoholic beverages. The amount of food you get is definitely worth the money, but dining out is still a splurge, even at $35 for 3 courses. At least for me. 
The nycgo website is really helpful because you can all of the restaurant week menus – definitely a good idea to check them before you make your reservation; some restaurants only have 2 options for each course and even if you like the restaurant when the full menu is at your diposal, you may not like the dishes they choose to feature for restaurant week.
I chose Tribeca Grill based on their awesome menu selection and prior experience there with a great meal…with my Mom as my dining partner! We made sure to order different things for each course so we could taste & share.
My mom started with the heirloom tomato & goat cheese salad:
While I had the braised artichoke & fennel salad
with crunchy marcona almonds and manchego cheese, one of my faves. Both were so fresh and tasty.
We each went with seafood for our entrees; hers was the red snapper with couscous and summer squash:
And mine was the pan roasted salmon with beet & apple chutney:
Yum to both!
Also a side of onion rings…see what I mean about things magically appearing on the table that aren’t part of the $35 prix fixe? 
One of the wonderful things about restaurant week is you don’t have to debate on whether or not to order dessert – you’re just getting it!
The Morello cherry financier – deeeevine. I’d never had a financier before…it was like a sweet & moist pound cake with sour cherries studded throughout. Need to try to make this one at home.
So if you’re looking at this food and wishing you could eat some too, GREAT NEWS – if you’re missing restaurant week, you still have time to experience it – Restaurant Week has been extended through September 6th. Take advantage and make a visit to that restaurant you’ve been dying to try!
