Good news awaits for the food addicts in D.C and surrounding areas, who have been sad over not being able to enjoy the Restaurant Week. People will be able to enjoy the amazing yet cost - effective meals even in the beginning of February.
Recently, it was revealed that the biannual week, which offers dinners for $22 and lunches for $35 at more than 250 locations, will now continue until Wednesday, Feb. 3.
The Winter Restaurant Week began on Monday, Jan. 25, and had seen a slow start since then due to historic blizzard of snowfall in Washington area, which resulted in canceled reservations and delayed deliveries.
"Without the deliveries, we just don't have product in," explains Clyde's Director of Communications Molly Quigley. "We've got lots of soup and wings and chili and stew, but not anything available that would make the Restaurant Week value," she mentioned to Washington City Paper.
Additionally, owner and chef of Del Campo, Victor Albisu had also mentioned that the snowfall was the reason of slow start, however he is hopeful that the results of extension will be positive.
"There's still a bit of a hangover from the snow," he says, but he anticipates it will get back to normal as the week goes on. "Especially after a weekend indoors, I think everybody's itching to go out and go through with their plans for the week."
Notably, UberEats had planned a new promotion in collaboration with The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), but it was delayed due to the snowfall.
The Week was scheduled to end on Sunday, Jan. 31, but the extension provides both the diners and the business owners to make up for the lost time.
However, not all restaurants are participating in the extension, and some are reportedly closing on Sunday.
To help both the diners and the restaurant owners, The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington has provided a list.
Restaurant Week was originally started to provide the restaurant owners the much-needed bump in sales in the slower business months of the year, and the weather conditions of January has left the president of RAMW and the business owners questioning about the same.