When faced with a meager budget, many University students won’t experience all that Baton Rouge’s fine-dining scene has to offer.
During Restaurant Week, however, those price barriers are reduced, making the food around town more affordable.
The event is sponsored by many local businesses throughout the area and presented by DIG Magazine.
These local restaurants have made three-course meal selections available at a fixed price. Depending on the dining experience, the prices range from $15-$35.
Chelsea’s on Perkins Road is offering a three-course meal plan for only $15. Customers can get cheese fries, chicken fried chicken and bread pudding — a meal that would typically cost more than $15 without the dessert.
The higher the price of the set menu, the greater the savings. Fine-dining establishments such as Galatoire’s Bistro and Le Creolé offer $35 dinner specials. This may sound pricey at first, but the prices are normally much more expensive.
A crawfish mason, ribeye bourguinon and chocolate pecan pie meal at Galatoire’s would normally cost a customer $47.
Participating restaurants are not only feeding their customers, but also donating to solve the hunger problem in the surrounding Baton Rouge area. The 43 restaurants participating in the event have raised a total of $215,000 for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.
According to eatbr.com, 35,000 meals will be provided to those in need throughout the Greater Baton Rouge area.
Capital City Chowdown: Restaurant Week offers affordable fine-dining
By Trey Labat
July 15, 2013