Tag: Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week

Just days after the mammoth Microsoft convention worked wonders for the finances of struggling restaurants, hotels and attractions downtown, comes a flood of foodies this week and next, eager to slurp up some savings during Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week.

Are you headed out for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week? (Technically it’s two weeks, from July 26 to August 8.) I’m curious about people’s experiences. Did your experience with a $25 or $35 three-course meal make you long to return to the restaurant for its regular offerings? Would you only return again next year during Restaurant Week? Did the staff treat you like infidels for going the bargain route, or did you feel genuinely welcomed?

ATL Food Chatter: June 14, 2010 (To receive the Chatter and other culinary tidbits directly in your inbox, sign up for our weekly dining newsletter)While other cities have one major Restaurant Week event annually that encompasses the whole of its dining community, Atlanta—true to its fractured nature—has seen Restaurant Weeks showcasing different several neighborhoods (including Buckhead, Midtown, and Inman Park) in the last two years. But the granddaddy of local culinary booster efforts is Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week.