Chicago Restaurant Week

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Chicago Restaurant Week, is an event held once a year for seventeen days in which participating restaurants in Chicago offer prix fixe lunches and dinners. A celebration of Chicago's culinary scene featuring some of the finest restaurants, this can be a fraction of the usual prices.

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The event is held in early winter (January). Chicago Restaurant Week has been hosted for 16 years as of January 2023. [1]

History

Chicago Restaurant Week began as a celebration of the city's award-winning culinary scene. The event brought together the city's top restaurants, representing a near-endless array of cuisines. Tim Zagat and Joe Baum are credited for the "first restaurant week". Tim Zagat in a 2010 The Atlantic article said that he did not see or dream of the possibility of using American Express and Coca-Cola as sponsors for future events at the time. [2]

Chicago Restaurant Week celebrated its 16th anniversary in 2023, [3] The program continues annually as of 2023.

References

  1. ↑ Hautzinger, Daniel (January 11, 2023). "17 New Restaurants to Try During Chicago Restaurant Week 2023". WTTW. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ Zagat, Tim. "How Restaurant Week Became Restaurant Month". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "16th Annual Chicago Restaurant Week Kicks Off in Less Than a Month". NBC Chicago. December 30, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
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