Long Island Restaurant Week is here! This year it coincides with New York State’s first ever statewide Restaurant Week.
If there has been a place you have wanted to try or just want to see what specials your favorite haunt is offering this week, there is no better time to go out for a meal than right now.
Long Island Restaurant Week happens three times a year and is designed to create positive publicity and additional business for the region's restaurants. Since 2006, it has been an annual fall promotion until the first spring Long Island Restaurant Week was launched in April 2011 and then winter was added in January of 2016, due to popular customer and restaurateur demand.
You can find out what restaurants in Suffolk County are participating by visiting Long Island Restaurant Week
Long Island Restaurant week takes place from April 27-May 4. Participating restaurants will offer the $29/$39/$46 three-course prix fixe to go all night, every night they are open from Sunday to Sunday, except Saturday when certain restaurants may only offer it until 7 p.m. Restaurants offering the $24 two course lunch prix fixe must offer it every day they are open during Restaurant Week during lunch hours.
Long Island Restaurant Week grows each year and is a benefit to the restaurants, the state, and hungry locals. Total restaurant revenue was estimated to be $5,620,000 with New York State taking in an estimated $305,996 in tax dollars. Due to the amount of attention from the media, the official website, www.longislandrestaurantweek.com, received 1.6 million hits from over 111,500 visitors. Many restaurants reported an increase in sales and reservations due to the promotion, some by up to 200% and others decided to extend the promotion.
The statewide NYS Restaurant Week goes from April 28-May 10. Similar to Long Island Restaurant Week, NYS Restaurant Week will have prix-fixe menus, special offers, and limited-time menus.
"This isn’t just another restaurant week," Anthony Tringale, founder of Eat Local New York, said in a statement. “It’s a way to connect people with the places that make our communities unique. These restaurants are owned by our neighbors — they’re the ones who sponsor little league teams, host community events, and give our towns character. This is about celebrating them on a statewide scale."
To learn more about restaurants also taking part on the statewide event visit https://eatlocalnewyork.com/restaurant-week/