Connecticut Restaurant Week runs from Oct. 10-16, 2016, with special menus and food and drink deals.

Grant’s Restaurant and Bar is one of the West Hartford eateries participating in Connecticut Restaurant Week. Photo credit: Ronni Newton (we-ha.com file photo)

By Ronni Newton

The Ninth Annual Connecticut Restaurant Week kicks off on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, and patrons at participating restaurants will be able to sample choice prix fixe menus, many priced at $20.16.

Other restaurants will offer two-for-one specials and/or specials on bottle of wine during restaurant week, which runs through Oct. 16.

A total of 50 restaurants from throughout the state, offering a wide variety of cuisines, are participating this year, including 10 from West Hartford. West Hartford participants (including links to provided menus) are:

• Besito Mexican – View Menu
• Blue Elephant Trail  – View Menu 
• Blue Plate Kitchen – View Menu
• Corner Pug– View Menu 
• Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse – View Menu
• Grants Restaurant & Bar – View Menu
• Joey’s Pizza
• Max Burger
• Max Oyster Bar– View Menu 
• Restaurant Bricco – View Menu 

“Connecticut Restaurant Week is all about standing out from the crowd, as chefs impress diners with good deals on prix-fixe lunches and dinners, among other specials happening throughout the state,” Connecticut Restaurant Association Executive Director Sarah Maloney said in a news release. “We are so fortunate to live in a state with many great restaurants, top chefs, and a plethora of incredible farms who provide these restaurants with the freshest locally sourced products available, making this state a real foodie destination. Now is the time to try these restaurants, and take advantage of the incredible specials they have to offer.”

A complete list of participating restaurants and menus can be found on the Connecticut Restaurant Association website CTRestaurant.org.

For more details, follow Connecticut Restaurant Week on Facebook, Twitter (@ctrestaurant), Instagram (@ctrestaurantassoc), or call 860-278-8008.  

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