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About Restaurant Week

For any diner who has ever dreamed about fine dining without breaking the bank, Restaurant Week is that dream… come true. Modeled on similar events in other cities, this is seven days of good food and good fun. Diners get to choose from each participating restaurant’s special prix fixe menu and enjoy three courses— typically an appetizer, an entree, and dessert— for just $26. (Beverages, tax, and gratuity not included.)

Charlottesville Restaurant Week:

• January 23rd-29th, 2012

• July 9th-15th, 2012

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How to do Restaurant Week

BY COURTENEY STUART

The very first Charlottesville Restaurant Week had foodies buzzing and tables filling up faster than a top chef can slice a ripe tomato. Ditto for this one in January 2012. Getting in on the fun is easy– but it requires a little planning. Here’s how:

Step 1: Mark your calendar for Monday, January 23rd through Sunday, January 29th

Step 2: Peruse the menus from the participating restaurants to decide which ones suit your fancy. With twenty places participating, you can’t visit one every night!

Step 2: Call each restaurant directly to make your reservation, and mention that you’re coming in for “Restaurant Week.” Reservations are first-come, first-served; and chefs report that interest has been running high, so don’t tarry.

Step 4: Please show up on time, and make sure you’re dressed to make your mama proud, since some of the participating establishments have dress codes.

Step 5: Make sure you order off the special “Restaurant Week” menu, as all of the participating restaurants will also offer their regular— i.e. more expensive— menu. (Everyone will be dismayed, and you might end up washing dishes, if you end up ordering the $45 flaming surf-and-turf that’s not part of the special prix fixe menu.)

Step 6: Savor your meal, and when paying your bill, please remember that drinks, tax, and tips are not included.

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Still have questions? Contact the coordinator of Restaurant Week, Anna Harrison, anna@readthehook.com (who is the Hook’s sales manager), for more information.

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15 Comments to “About Restaurant Week”

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  1. Sasha Farmer's Gravatar Sasha Farmer
    January 9, 2011 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    So glad this is becoming such a Charlottesville tradition! Booking our plans now!

  2. mary peyton's Gravatar mary peyton
    December 17, 2010 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

    Please send me the names of the participating restaurants.
    Thank you.
    Mary P.

  3. Erin K.'s Gravatar Erin K.
    June 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm | Permalink

    Are the menus for the upcoming Restaurant Week up yet? I got a “page not found” message when I clicked the link on this page.

  4. Cookie's Gravatar Cookie
    February 22, 2010 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    We ate at the Boar’s Head and had a fabulous meal. We celebrated a friend’s birthday. We will be back in July to celebrate another friend’s birthday and are looking forward to trying another one of Charlottesville’s fine restaurants.

  5. Bonquiqui's Gravatar Bonquiqui
    January 22, 2010 at 10:47 pm | Permalink

    Stabe, thank you for saying that. Floozy, if you wanted to insult something, please make sure you have your facts straight first. Rude.

  6. Stabe's Gravatar Stabe
    January 22, 2010 at 7:21 pm | Permalink

    The restaurants didn’t have their new menus up for quite some time - most still had last year’s menu. C&O wasn’t the only one by far - you probably just didn’t notice. You didn’t make a difference and you’re being rude. If you don’t have somethiing nice to say, Floozy, don’t say anything at all.

  7. Floozy's Gravatar Floozy
    January 13, 2010 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

    Wow.. an updated menu from C&O… I feel like I made a difference.

  8. Floozy's Gravatar Floozy
    January 12, 2010 at 2:01 pm | Permalink

    Oh and someone should tell the folks at C&O that posting last year’s menu shows a complete lack of imagination. They could at at least rewrite it and change the date, even if their apathy prevents them from offering some new dishes. Poor show.

  9. Floozy's Gravatar Floozy
    January 12, 2010 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

    Fine dining at The Melting Pot? Seriously?

  10. Sasha Farmer's Gravatar Sasha Farmer
    July 10, 2009 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    This looks like it will be GREAT! Looking forward to trying some new dishes!

  11. Hawes's Gravatar Hawes
    June 28, 2009 at 2:55 pm | Permalink

    You haven’t missed it. It’s not for another 15 days!

  12. Kari's Gravatar Kari
    June 28, 2009 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

    I missed out on Restaurant Week - will there be another one this year? Maybe in the Fall?

  13. hawes's Gravatar hawes
    June 16, 2009 at 2:27 pm | Permalink

    @tricia — We’ve added the dates on this page as well as a link to the participating restaurants. Thanks for the comments!–hawes spencer, hook editor

  14. tricia Traugott's Gravatar tricia Traugott
    June 16, 2009 at 7:18 am | Permalink

    I see the names of the restaurants, but not dates or times. Would like more info, be glad to help promote it on my sites. Do you just link to the restaurants participating?
    Tricia

  15. Holly's Gravatar Holly
    June 9, 2009 at 4:36 pm | Permalink

    Sounds like a wonderful idea! We enjoyed restaurant week while living in London in 2008. It gave us the chance to try some excellent restaurants within the confines of our budget (especially with a 1:2 exchange rate at the time).
    Question: Will diners make reservations through cvilleyum or directly with the participating restaurants?

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January 2012 Restaurant Week Participants

December 14, 2011
We have 20 restaurants on board for the January 2012 Restaurant Week!

aberdeenlogo_web2
official website
just off 29 above the 250 Bypass - 434-296-4630 - MAP


Balkan Bistron
official website
1003 W. Main Street near the UVA Corner- 434-202-0916 - MAP


bang_logoweb

official website
located on the corner of South Street and 2nd St. SW- 434-984-2264 - MAP


bavarianchef_logo
official website
18 miles north from Charlottesville on 29N - 540-948-6505 - MAP

bl
official website
in the middle of the Downtown Mall - 434-295-1223 - MAP


Print

official website
located on Ivy Road - 434-972-2230- MAP


brass mont jpg

official website
2001 Commonwealth Drive off of 29N - 434-872-0272 - MAP


camino-logo
official website
tucked into Vinegar Hill Theatre on Market Street - 434-293-2323 - MAP

unknown-5
Copacabana’s Restaurant Week menu
located on 29N in the Shopper’s World shopping center - 434-973-1177 - MAP


unknown-4

official website - Da Luca’s Restaurant Week menu
located in Old Trail Village in Crozet - 434-205-4251 - MAP

fossets_logo_web

official website
located inside Keswick Hall - 434-979-3440 - MAP


horse-and-hound

official website
located on West Main Street across and East from Amtrak - 434-293-3365 - MAP


maya

official website
located on W. Main across from Amtrak station - 434-979-6292 - MAP


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official website
located downtown on Water Street - 434-244-3463 - MAP


orzo_logo_web

official website
416 W. Main Street in the Main Street Market - 434-975-6796- MAP


pos_4th_logo
official website
401 E. Main Street on the Downtown Mall - 434-974-9464- MAP


sals_caffe_italia_final

official website
221 E. Main Street on the Downtown Mall - 434-295-8484 - MAP


standard_logofinal
official website
76 Main Street, Stanardsville, VA - 434-466-6079 - MAP

tempo_sign_final

located on the downtown mall on 5th St. SE - 434-244-0217 - MAP

Microsoft Word - logo address.doc

official website

located on the downtown mall above Blue Light - 434-295-6691 - MAP

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