Food.Fun.Stuff: D.C. Restaurant Week & A Festival

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>Next week is our favorite sale of the year: Restaurant Week. It's the one week where restaurants that have $50 entrees will be on sale for those of us who cringe at $30 entrees on the menu. For one week, patrons can dine for lunch @ $20.09 and $35.09 a pop at various restaurants around the District. The usual suspects such as The Bombay Club make the list alongside some newbies such as Eatonville. Make your reservations @ OpenTable. We just helped New York wrap their's up last week @ Atlantic Grill (*Pretty good choice when your on the Upper East Side and want to be a little more vocal than usual...Translation: good for groups or loud talkers...).

The When: August 24-30, 2009

>Art in the Garden Festival- Having an overnight guest in town sure makes you take a real look around the city to see what's unique and different happening in and around the District. That's probably how we stumbled across this culinary arts festival that will be taking place @ the U.S. Botanic Garden this weekend. The festival seeks to show the role that plants play in food but with a more artful eye. Visitors can sample recipes and explore the culinary arts.

The Where: U.S. Botanic Garden
The When: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 10 am- 3 pm
The Money: FREE