Embrace Your Inner Foodie... Eat Up! Another Chicago Restaurant Week...

"Embrace Your Inner Foodie.... Eat Up!" is the slogan for the Official Chicago Restaurant Week this year in February. Restaurant weeks are getting popular as a way to entice us to eat out at this time of year when we like to stay warm indoors, which is a bit unfortunate, because it sure would be easier if they were in the summer! :)

However, the good news is that restaurants want your business in this economy and that the $22 lunches and $32 dinners being offered are the best deal I've seen for some very tasty 3-course gourmet meals to be had. In addition, more restaurants than ever have signed up to get your business, 130 in all. So... I say, plan ahead! Visit a few gems during Chicago's restaurant week (and let me know how they are :). [For a quick review of what Restaurant Weeks are all about, see my earlier post from the previous Dine Out Week Chicago hosted in November.

Thanks to my friend, Lynn, for keeping me in the loop on when this is happening. And when is that? The Official Chicago Restaurant Week 2009 is February 20-27. Another independent restaurant organization with a small group of 14 Chicago restaurants, the Chicago Originals, has also set dates for their own restaurant weeks in Chicago Jan. 25-30 and Feb. 1-6.

Happy eating!