Try a New Dish During the First Annual Spring Restaurant Week

Over 150 Long Island restaurants are offering prix fixe meals this week as part of WordHampton’s first annual spring restaurant week.

Participating restaurants include three local eateries, which will present gourmet meals for $24.95 to their customers. The price includes an appetizer, main course and dessert.

The promotion comes on the heals of Hampton Restaurant week, which also offered prix fixe dishes at participating Hamptons restaurants, as well as a fall , where over 250 restaurants showed off their culinary delights.

The spring restaurant week is expected to not only allow customers to try new dishes and restaurants an at affordable price, but also give restaurants a shot in the arm before the summer season gets into full swing.

Tara Berkoski, who spoke for WordHampton, said the latest restaurant week was created after several western Suffolk County eateries requested that WordHampton back another restaurant week that includes restaurants across Long Island.

“So far it’s working,” said Berkoski.  “We have over one hundred and fifty Long Island restaurants signed up.”

Berkoski says spring restaurant week gives customers a chance to “try
out new restaurants or go to their favorite restaurant at a discounted rate.”

“You can make a whole day of it or a week of it,” she said, “Head up Island and try a restaurant there or head out east.”

For businesses, the promotion is a boon, she said and explained that restaurants can sign up for the promotion at a cost of $395 and in return, she said they typically gain new customers.

Locally, and in Jamesport and the in Southold are participating. At Jedediah Hawkins, patrons can chose from five entree items and have the option of substituting meats like lamb for just a few dollars more, according to business director Michael Kaminski.

North Fork Table and Inn owners Mike and Mary Mraz are offering six entree options in the prix fixe — three course meals that at normally $68. The restaurant is completely booked in Saturday and is getting close to being booked on Friday, but reservations are still available on Wednesday and Thursday.

Erin Schultz contributed reporting to this story.