Baltimore Restaurant Week – August 7-16

Just in!  Baltimore Restaurant Week extended to August 23.

Restaurant Week is my football season. I look forward to it all year. When it arrives, my life that week revolves around my reservations.

But this year, being new to Baltimore and in the process of learning the community, I found out about Restaurant Week later than usual. Looking at the event's website, some restaurants are already fully booked (or the Restauarnt Week list is inclusive of every food establishment that has ever participated in the event and many of them aren't involved this summer).

No matter! There are still reservations to be had. Here's a couple of important tips when planning your Restaurant Week dining experience(s):

• Check Open Table to see how much it would normally cost to eat at your favorite restaurants. Restaurant Week is a great time to try out three or four star establishments that might normally be too expensive.
• On the event website, most restaurants link to their special Restaurant Week menus. If you read a menu or two and start to get hungry, these are the places you should visit.
• The thought of finding parking in the city has kept me at home many times. Luckily, some parking garages offer Restaurant Week specials starting at $3 (I think. Although the Restaurant Week website links to this parking garage discount page, the dates are July 26 to August 3).

Reservations can be made through Open Table. Happy Eating!

Baltimore Restaurant Week runs from August 7 to 16, 2009. Special menus offer three courses for $30.09.