Downtown Roanoke Restaurant Week starts Monday
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Downtown Roanoke, Inc. has taken a page from Blacksburg’s book and has organized the first Downtown Roanoke Restaurant Week, which begins Monday (Jan. 21) and runs through Saturday (Jan. 26).
For this week-long event, more than 25 restaurants have agreed to offer specials, including a $10 lunch that includes entree, side dish, and drink or dessert; a $2o three-course dinner; and a $30 three-course dinner. Following is a list of the participating restaurants. To see more specifics about the specials they are offering, please click here.
This is a great way to get out and support our local restaurateurs while getting a good deal! If you take advantage of this event, please tell us what you thought of it.
Click here to see the participating restaurants list.
$10 lunch
Aesy’s
Awful Arthur’s Seafood Company
Beamer’s 25
Blue 5
Corned Beef and Co.
Firefly Fare
Fork in the City
Fork in the Market
Habana Cafe
Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill
Metro! (Friday only)
On the Rise
The Quarter
Queso Southwestern Grill
R.T. Smith’s Fine Delicatessen
Sarah’s Place
$20 dinner
Awful Arthur’s
Firefly Fare (Friday and Saturday only, 5 to 9 p.m.)
Fork in the City
Fork in the Market
Habana Cafe
Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill
Nawab Indian Cuisine
Queso Southwestern Grill
$30 dinner
202 Market
Alexander’s
Billy’s
Blue 5
First and Sixth
Formosa Lounge
Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse
Lucky Restaurant
Metro!
The Quarter
Hotel Roanoke Regency Room (served in Pine Room Pub)
Table 50
January 18, 2013 - 2:23 PM
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Has Leonore Restaurant on Campbell closed? I can’t find any current information about them on the net and. The phone goes to voice mail. Anyone know about them?
Hate to admit it, but Roanoke has totally outdone Blacksburg on the Restaurant Week idea. The 10/20/30$ format is a much easier way to portray the options and they’ve been much more successful getting more (and more high end) restaurants to participate. And it appears that the “deals” are better in Roanoke too. Sorry Blacksburg- it’s a great idea but really needs more work before the next iteration this summer.
We apologize for not having enough information about Leonore Restaurant, Our website has been under construction and we are trying to make it family and user friendly. And yes, we are open from Monday through Saturday from 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. Thank You for your feedback and we hope to see ya’ll soon!
Thank you for stopping by to answer a blog reader’s question, Leonore.
The veggie burger at Fork in the Market is probably one of the best in Roanoke. It’s not listed on their menu yet, but it is a permanent menu item. My husband and I had lunch there yesterday. We both thoroughly enjoyed the veggie burger and it was very reasonably priced as well.
Blacksburg’s book? New York City has been doing a January Restaurant Week forever…
Stephanie, that was just a reference to the fact that Blacksburg has had a couple of restaurant weeks and they seemed to go well.
I think today we’re going to see what Beamers is offering for their lunch. A burger, hopefully.
Let me know how it goes, Kristen. I’m trying Beamer’s Saturday night for the first time with friends, based in no small part to the positive comments I’ve seen on this blog. Then, over to the Civic Center to watch VT hockey against Temple.
We tried to go to Beamer’s for dinner on Friday night, but there was a wait of 45 minutes to an hour. That’s a good problem for them to have! Just don’t be surprised if it’s busy.
Hey Lindsey…were you there for lunch today? We went to see what they had for Restaurant Week and were happy that the Shroom was one of the offerings….a great burger, tater tots, and iced tea for $10. Not bad!
Anyway…thought I saw someone who looked like you.
Kevin, I hope you like it! On a Saturday night you might want to try and make a reservation…not sure if they take them, but you might want to ask.
Lindsey, we made it to Beamers Saturday night. We were told it was an hour wait, but with the compliment of beers on tap, we decided to stick it out. We ended up getting a table sooner than that, about 20 minutes. The food was good, the service, once we got to the table was good as well. Our only complaint was service at the bar while waiting for a table. The bartenders were less than attentive. It took several attempts to even get their attention, and once we did their attitudes could have been better. It was quite busy, but to the point that they would not notice those standing waiting to order drinks. Overall, we did enjoy it and will go back!
@Kristen, nope, that must have been my doppelganger.
@Kevin, Maria: I believe my friend tried to make a reservation but was told they don’t take them. We probably would have waited if there had been seats at the bar, but it was jam-packed.
We were just at Habana Cafe for lunch and they had no idea what I was talking about when I asked about their restaurant week deal. Looking at the menu, it would take some work to even get to $10 anyway.
Stopped in to First & Sixth for a restaurant week dinner last night.. we had an early reservation and the dining room was nearly deserted. Great choices for all 3 courses, particular standouts were the Oysters Bienville and the excellent bourbon glazed NY strip, which was enormous. The service was friendly and low key. Recommended!
We’re going to Table 50 tonight to try out their restaurant week offerings. You can check the menus at the Downtown Roanoke website and see what’s available. I was disappointed in Lucky’s selection. We hit Metro today for their $10 bento box and it was great…sad they took them off the regular lunch menu.