Here we go again with another Restaurant Week, which actually occurs over two weeks (minus weekends): July 21st through the 25th and July 28th through August 1st. Over 200 restaurants around Manhattan – many of them fancy places like Bar Boulud and Anthos – will be offering prix-fixe lunch specials for $24.07 and prix-fixe dinners for $35.00. Food snobs will tell you you’re a chump for signing up for this because chefs just dump their......

The 21 Club opened on New Year’s Eve 1930 at 21 West 52nd Street as a speakeasy and restaurant. Legend has it that when powerful gossip columnist Walter Winchell was banned from the club, he ran an item wondering why the 21 Club had not yet been raided by Prohibition agents. (Winchell, of course, was the inspiration for the character of J.J. Hunsecker in The Sweet Smell of Success, which features several scenes at 21.)......

Get to a phone, frugal foodies – New York’s winter Restaurant Week goes down next month, but reservations are being accepted starting today. And since these places tend to fill up fast, now is not the time to let any fear of commitment hold you back. Over 200 restaurants will be offering a special three course, prix-fixe dining option for a set price of $24.07 for lunch for and $35 for dinner. (Though not every......

Meat-adverse gourmands take note: October isn’t just Family Sexuality Education Month, Healthier Babies Month and Dental Hygiene Month, it’s also National Vegetarian Awareness Month! Yesterday, in fact, was World Vegetarian Day, which came hot on the heels of September 28th’s Hug a Vegetarian Day. (Photos!) Feeling aware yet? Brooklyn vegetarians still aching from the sting of Heath Ledger’s departure can try to fill the void at the first annual Brooklyn Vegetarian Restaurant Week, which seems......

July 15: Bastille Day at Bar Tabac If you've never played petanque, head on down to Smith Street for North America's largest petanque tournament -- the two block stretch betweeen Bergen and Pacific will be shut down and covered with sand just for the occasion. While your'e watching the action, enjoy special cocktails from Ricard and other drink specials ($5-6), nibble on grilled merguez and chicken sandwiches ($5) and groove to Jazz band Blue Orchid......

June 21-23: NYC Food Film Festival, Part 2 See last week's calendar for the full description of the festival and the website for the schedule of events. This weekend's fim focus in on hot dogs and sausages, currywurst in particular, and even includes a hot dog eating competition, so get your gullets ready. At Water Taxi Beach. June 21-24: Staten Island Restaurant Week In their first ever restaurant week, over 50 of Staten Island's restaurants......

From beastly brisket sandwiches to Bruni-sanctioned shrines to pork, Brooklyn has established itself as a dining destination worthy of a restaurant week all its own. Now in its fourth year, Dine in Brooklyn (Monday, March 19, through Friday, March 30) offers an opportunity to sample nearly 200 of the borough’s best at $21.12 (honoring Brooklyn’s zip code, ‘112’) for three courses. Participating restaurants range from perennial favorite and harbinger of sustainable cookery Applewood to Park......

The foie gras battle rages on sparked by a sign at Fairway on the Upper West Side. Jacques Torres is in a hot chocolate war in DUMBO (his use of exclamation points is also noted). Michael Psilakis and Donatella Arpaia find a new home at Anthos, in the former Acqua Pazza space on 52nd Street. Restaurant Girl gets an early peek. And with Japanese Restaurant Week starting today, we find Grub Street's guide very......

March 3 - 5: Hop Heaven NYC New York City's annual salute to the hop, features hop-heavy beers on tap at Hop Devil Grill. Taste Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, Bell's Hop Slam and Rogue I2PA, or one of 20 others offered on tap starting Saturday at 12:00 PM and ending this Monday morning at 12:00 AM in the morning. 129 St. Marks Place, 212-533-4468. March 4: Food Bank's Time Out for Hunger Over 90......

If you're contemplating taking up Restaurant Week's offer of $24.07 lunches and $35 meals, but aren't sure if any restaurants are conveniently located for you, you're in luck. Reader Chad has created this map that shows all the restaurants participating. Now, good luck with trying to make a reservation! More about Restaurant Week from NYC Visit. And you can make reservations at some restaurants via OpenTable.......

January 19: Fondue Night at Riverdale Garden It may be cold outside, but it's perfect fondue weather. Riverdale Garden will be serving up classic cheese, hearty herb flavored oil with beef and chicken and, of course, bittersweet chocolate. Complete dinner is $29 including house wine and draft beer, or just drinks and music for $15. Dinner starting at 7PM, music at 8:30PM. Reservations are recommended and can be made on Open Table or by calling......

September 21: Sagra del Maiale Leave work early and head over to Il Buco for some succulent roast pig. What better way to celebrate fall? Tasting plates are $7 a piece. 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM, 47 Bond St.212-533-1932. September 25: Slow Food Greenmarket Cocktail Party Audrey Saunders, celebrity mixologist and proprietor of Pegu Club, is mixing up a batch of Greenmarket-inspired cocktails to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Greenmarket. Three featured cocktails will be......

July 7 - 11: Fancy Food Show Every specialty food you could possibly imagine will be at the Javitz Center this week at the annual Fancy Food show. Sample some of the latest specialty products on the market and attend educational programs and seminars. Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street. $35/person before July 7, $60/person after, so buy your tickets now. July 9: Orchard Street Market Opening Welcome the new Lower East Side Greenmarket to......

June 29: At the Table: Celebrating Women Chefs & Restaurateurs It's all about the ladies at this benefit for the scholarship fund of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, an organization that promotes the advancement of women in the restaurant industry. Join top women chefs and sommeliers at this five-course dinner and reception, including Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez of Lassi, Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar, and Patricia Yeo of Sapa, among others. Gourmet's Sara Moulton, the Honorary Chair......

January 29: First Day of the Lunar New Year -- Year of the Dog There's plenty going on to celebrate the Lunar New year, but of course we're focused on the food. Explore Chinatown's site has a list of restaurants offering special feasts for the occasion, including Gothamist favorite Fuleen Seafood, and explains the different foods that are traditionally eaten as part of the celebration. January 31: Chef Tasting Series at Appellation: Marc Meyer Join......

We were scoping out the Open Table lunch reservations to take advantage of next week's Restaurant Week deals, and unsurprisingly, the usual suspects didn't have availability for 2 at 12PM: Think Cafe Boulud or the River Cafe or Union Square Cafe. Even though the lunch prices have risen 20%, from $20.12 last year to this year's $24.07 (NYC & Company explains this number will remind people that NYC is 24/7 - yo!), Gothamist thinks it's......

January 12: Restaurants from the Inside Out Hear about what makes a restaurant a hit or a flop from three experts who know, some from personal experience, like Rocco DiSpirito. He joins author Calvin Trillin and egullet.com founder Steven Shaw at this panel, moderated by WNYC's Leonard Lopate. For more information call 212-415-5500. $25 tickets available online. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St., 8pm. January 12: Whym Opens The folks behind Eatery......

Start making those reservations -- summer restaurant week is right around the corner. From June 20-24 and June 27 - July 1, over 100 of our city's restaurants are offering three-course lunches for $20.12 (yes, that's a nod to our olympic bid) and three-course dinners for $35.00, and some places keep the special going through Labor Day. But slots tend to go quickly -- some restaurants offer reservations online through Open Table, so take advantage......

April 11-20 is Brooklyn's restaurant week -- Dine in Brooklyn. Close to 200 Brooklyn restaurants will offer three-course meals for a mere $19.55, in honor of the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers. The website lists participating restaurants, broken down by neighborhood (how convenient!). Winner of the Time Out New York Eat Out Award for Best New Brooklyn Restaurant, Stone Park Cafe in Park Slope, is on the list and many restaurants are offering lunch......

So, did you resolve to save money this year? To eat better? We sure did, and thankfully Restaurant Week 2005 is upon us to help us stick to our resolutions. Well, that's how we're choosing to interpret the situation, anyway. Work with us, people! Many of New York's restaurants will be serving three-course lunches for $20.12 and three-course dinners for $35.00 from January 24-28 and Jan 31 - Feb 4th, which gives us the opportunity......

This week's food events have a heavy Brooklyn emphasis -- get out there and represent, yo. Thursday, October 14 -- A Taste for Democracy This one's tonight, folks! The Taste of Democracy is organized by Citizen Action of New York’s Volunteer2004.org campaign. At the event, volunteers will be able to sign up for phone banks calling voters in the battleground states from New York City and for traveling by bus or car to door-knock in......

We New Yorkers have been through a lot recently. First the Republican National Convention - bringing thousands of slow walking tourists to our city and most recently the UN meetings - can anyone explain why it takes 26 cars to move the President two blocks? It’s enough to drive anyone to drink. What a good idea… This week, Sept 27th – Oct 1st, is the first annual “Toast to New York”, or the drinking version......

New York Restaurant Cookbook: Recipes from the Dining Capital of the World, by Florence Fabricant (Rizzoli 2003). Gothamist does not travel for brunch. Basically, unless it's below 16th Street and east of 5th Avenue, we don't go there. First of all, we're hungry. Second of all, we're hungover! (damn blogger parties!) So, if it hadn't been for the New York Restaurant Cookbook, we would have forever been denied the tasty (and Atkins-friendly!) goodness that is......

In a funny (or not so funny, depending on the editor) coincidence, the NY Times and NY Post both have stories about 311, the city's phone line resource for non-emergency matters. The Times article looks at the next stage of 311's evolution - providing information about concerts, museums, restaurants, and theaters. The City's Information Technology and Telecommunications team is getting that functionality ready for the Republican National Convention, working with the non-profit NYC tourist......

The Olympic Torch Relay in NY is on: Already, P. Diddy missed his chance due to traffic and Chuck Close, who is wheelchair bound, told the AP, "I am going to be rolling, not running. So it is going to be interesting to see how I keep my beard from catching on fire." You can see the torch relay at these locations (6th Avenue and 14th Street around 4-5PM; ending in Times Square later this......

Next week is Summer Restaurant Week 2004 and the set menus aren't going to be $20.04 ($30.04 for dinner), but $20.12 ($30.12 for dinner) in honor of NY's 2012 Summer Games bid. And if Gothamist hears anyone complaining about the 8 cents, come on - this deal, to have a three course lunch, which has been around since the summer of 1992 (when the Democrats came to town for the convention), still beats inflation. Mayor......

From April 18 through April 22, Brooklyn will have its own restaurant week with 3-course meals priced at $18.98, a nod to 1898, the year Brooklyn joined Manhattan. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said of the 93 restaurants (from 20 neighborhoods) participating, "Trust me, when any of these restaurants see me coming in they have a smile on their face - and that's not because I'm the borough president, if you know what I mean."......

New York's foodies have the next two weeks circled on their calendars: Winter Restaurant Week runs January 26-30 and February 2-6. People get to sample some of the city's best restaurants with $20.04 three-course lunches or $30.04 three-course dinners. Restaurant Week began in 1992, as a way to welcome delegates for the Democratic National Convention (back then, the three-course lunches were $19.92, which means with the 1 cent increase each year versus inflation, diners are......