Restaurant Week lets diners indulge for less

Next week, Baton Rouge diners will have the chance to experience some of the Red Stick’s best restaurants for a reduced price during Baton Rouge Restaurant Week. From Monday, Jan. 14, to Saturday, Jan. 19, 29 local eateries will offer three-course prix fixe menus of specials and regular dishes, with prices from $15-$35. Taking a cue from events like COOLinary New Orleans, which offers similar discounts to diners at certain restaurants for a fixed period, organizer Chris Brooks explains, “It’s a great way to give the restaurants a shot in the arm during a season that’s usually pretty quiet.” Brooks says it’s also a chance for diners to try new eateries and dishes without impacting their wallet as much. Restaurants range from casual places like Hello Sushi, which will offer choices of soup, salad and their higher-end sushi rolls for $15, to upscale joints like Stroube’s, with an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $35. At the end of the week, Brooks and Dig magazine will also donate $5,000 to the Baton Rouge Food Bank.

Brooks plans to make the event a bi-annual one, with another Restaurant Week coming in July. You can preview the prix fixe menus from all 29 restaurants at eatbr.com, and reserve your tables on the website or through OpenTable.