Did you miss Restaurant Week in DC this winter? Not to fret. You can still get set dinner menu prices at a variety of restaurants in town, not just during one week but throughout the entire year. And better yet, the prices are better than the $35.13 charged this year for a pre-fixed dinner menu from February 4-10, 2013. Here are five restaurants that offer prix fixe menus for hungry diners that can’t wait for the winter or summer Restaurant Week. Unlike Restaurant Week, though, these places are offering dinner menus that don’t necessarily apply to lunch time crowds. See restaurants’ websites for more details.
Lias
Lia’s in Chevy Chase, MD, provides the “twilight delight.” Early diners pay just $19.95 for a winning threesome. The first course offers a choice of minestrone soup or several different salads. The main course consists of pasta dishes like spaghetti and meatballs, ravioli and lasagna. There’s also seafood (mussels or salmon) and chicken. The third course, aka dessert, makes you decide between gelato, sorbetto, ricotta donuts, tiramisu or cannolis. Go every night of the week to try them all! But don’t worry if you want seconds, the twilight delight is offered every night, including weekends, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Lavandou
For $25, Lavandou in the Cleveland Park neighborhood will serve one appetizer and one main course per person…“all night, every night.” Choices are depicted on the menu with an asterisk and star soup, greens, pasta, chicken, steak, salmon and mussels.
Pier Seven
Pier Seven, overlooking the Potomac River, offers a prix fixe dinner that costs $25.95. Patrons can choose an appetizer, entrée and dessert between 4 and 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Each course has six selections. Appetizers range from soup to salad to fruit or pasta. There is a variety of entrees with eggplant, seafood, chicken or beef. And, dessert sounds sumptuous with cake, ice cream, pie or éclairs.
Bistro Francais
Bistro Francais, of all places, calls their prix fixe menu the “early bird special.” From 5 to 7 p.m. and 10:30 to 1 a.m., customers pay $26.95 for homemade liver mousse, soup or mussels, along with a dinner entrée and a homemade French pastry. Bon appétit!
701
Lastly, 701 Restaurant charges $32 per person for a “pre-theater” meal, offered from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 5 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays. Located on Pennsylvania Avenue, 701 is convenient to the Warner Theatre, National Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company and more. The first course on the pre-theater menu lists four choices, ranging from butternut squash soup to red pepper risotto. The second course has something for everybody: chicken, ravioli, steak or salmon. And for dessert, diners can make the tough decision between sorbet, chocolate mousse or carrot cake before heading off to the theatre (or not…nobody will ever know!).
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