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The following post is from our advertiser, NYC Restaurant Weekâ„¢.

Over 250 NYC restaurants are serving up $24.07 lunch and $35 dinner from January 18 to 23 and January 25 to 30. And now, you can also dine on Sundays for the first time in NYC Restaurant Week history. Plus, when you use any American Express® Card at participating restaurants during NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2009, American Express and NYC & Company will donate $.25 per transaction to City Harvest, up to $10,000. So go ahead, book your table, see Restaurant Week menus and check out recipes from some of the City’s best chefs—all at nycgo.com.

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 getting a great deal). When Restaurant Week celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2002, RW cofounderTim Zagat said, "In 1992, public perception of New York City was that it was expensive and unfriendly. Restaurant Week was created as a way of showing off the best of New York, demonstrating that we welcome visitors with open arms and that it’s still possible to find great values here." Yes, New York is now (Restaurant Week aside) expensive and friendly.