From salads, sandwiches to drinks, New York City restaurant week returns to offer up a variety of options for New Yorkers.

“It gives you the opportunity to explore a culinary journey — you can have cuisines at a reasonable, affordable price,” Migna Guzman said.


What You Need To Know

  • Two course lunches and three course dinners are offered ranging from from $30, $45 and $60
  • NYC Restaurant week started over 30 years ago and happens twice a year in the summer and winter
  • This year, more than 600 restaurants are taking part 

Guzman lives in Manhattan and headed to Marsanne, a participating restaurant in Chelsea, on Sunday just a day before the program kicks off.

Marsanne opened in May and is taking part for the first time.

“Our beautiful experience, great menu, great cocktails, beautiful interior,” Miljan Komneric, the owner of Marsanne said of what patrons could expect.

New York City Restaurant week starts Monday and actually lasts about a month until Aug. 18. The event started over 30 years ago and happens twice a year, in the summer and winter.

More than 600 participating restaurants offer two course lunches and three course dinners ranging from $30, $45 and $60.

Restaurants do not take part on Saturdays, and Sundays are optional.

“We have 62 million — just over 62 million — tourists that came last year, so we are seeing that normal return to our patterns,” Tiffany Townsend, executive vice president of global communications at NYC Tourism + Conventions, said on “Weekends on 1” Sunday about the city’s recovery from the COVID pandemic.

LouLou, a restaurant in Chelsea, opened two weeks before COVID and will be participating for the first time. Mathias Van Leyden, the owner of LouLou, says they welcome any opportunity to get new patrons.

“Business is a little down in the summers, so it’s good to have more reservations,” Van Leyden said.

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