Foodies Rejoice: Dine Downtown Restaurant Week Returns
By Kyle Scot Martinez
For restaurant fans in Sacramento, Dine Downtown Restaurant Week is a goldmine of food at well-known dining establishments for a reasonable price. Three-course meals at fine dining restaurants can be had at $30 per plate. Well below the usual price for these restaurants, foodies are allowed to partake in gracious servings of top-notch meals during this annual event held in Downtown Sacramento.
Presented annually by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, the event this year runs from January 9 to 18, 2012. Beginning in 2005, the event has continually grown to above and beyond the initial participating 20 restaurants. As of this year, the event boasts more than 30 restaurants offering their food to Sacramento residents and visitors from out of town.
To make reservations and plans easier for Sacramento foodies, Dine Downtown Restaurant Week is teaming up with the online restaurant reservation guide Open Table. Open Table's partnership with Dine Downtown allows customers to make reservations to the event and have all their favorite eats more accessible.
Participating restaurants for the 2012 Dine Downtown Restaurant Week includes:
Il Forniao on Capitol Mall, Ella (read our review), Morgan's (at The Sheraton Grand), Ten22, The Firehouse, Melting Pot, Biba, 3 Fires Lounge, Dawson's (at The Hyatt), The Broiler Steakhouse, Chops, Kupros Bistro, Esquire Grille, Spataro, Paragary's Midtown, 4th Street Grille, De Vere's, Capitol Garage, The Porch, Pilothouse(at The Delta King), Frank Fat's, Fat City, Tequila Museo Mayahuel, Mulvaney's B&L, Cafeteria 15L, Thir13en, Tuli Bistro.
Of these restaurants mentioned above the newly participating are: Tequila Museo Mayahuel, Restaurant Thir13en, and The Porch.
Notable Zagat-Rated Restaurants include: The Firehouse, Mulvaney's B&L, Fat City, Ten22, Frank Fat's, Dawson's, Melting Pot, 4th Street Grille, Esquire Grille, Spataro, and Capitol Garage.
The event was originally intended to draw attention to Sacramento's downtown dining scene. As of 2012, it has done more that that. Now incorporating social media, the event is spreading its success locally and beyond.
For more information, or to support for the event, and participate, visit the Downtown Sacramento Partnership Social Media sites on Twitter and Facebook.
For Open Table reservations go to OpenTable.com.
