Overview
- New York City’s winter program runs Jan. 20–Feb. 12 with two-course lunches and three-course dinners priced at $30, $45 or $60 across 600-plus restaurants listed by NYC Tourism.
- NYC participation rules exclude Saturdays and make Sundays optional, so diners are advised to confirm details with individual restaurants before booking.
- Chicago Restaurant Week begins Jan. 23 and runs through Feb. 8, featuring more than 550 restaurants offering $30 lunch/brunch and $45 or $60 dinner prix fixe menus.
- Chicagoans revived crowd-sourced deal trackers and a new web app that compare prix fixe menus to a la carte prices, flag substitutions, and estimate real dine-in cost including tax and tip.
- D.C.’s Restaurant Week, running Jan. 19–25, is being framed by local restaurateurs as especially meaningful this year as rising costs pressure margins and make winter traffic vital.