DineLA Kicks Off Next Week

Reservations are now being accepted at more than 300 Los Angeles eateries for dineLA's Restaurant Week. 

The widely-popular, twice-yearly program begins January 20-31, 2014 featuring new restaurants Herringbone LA, Mud Hen Tavern, and Allumette alongside returning favorites such as Patina, Crossroads, Nick & Stef, Cafe Pinot, FIG Restaurant Santa Monica, and Petrossian Paris Restaurant & Boutique. To book a reservation, diners can visit their website and choose from over 300 restaurants offering a selection of specially-priced $15, $20 and $25 lunch menus and $25, $35 and $45 dinner menus.

For the first time in its six year history, the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has added $85 experiential tasting menus to dineLA's Restaurant Week, as part of a new pilot program. Designed for those looking to elevate their dining experience, the multi-course tastings are available at Patina, CUT, Mar'sel, Melisse and Spago Beverly Hills.

dineLA's Restaurant Week invites both Angelenos and travelers to experience the variety of globally-influenced culinary offerings throughout the greater LA area. From Venice to Hollywood, Downtown L.A. to Beverly Hills, both casual diners and food lovers are invited to enjoy meals at a great value from acclaimed chefs including Sang Yoon, Ricardo Zarate, Susan Feniger and Jimmy Shaw.

For a chance to savor Los Angeles' cuisine all year long, diners can enter to win "dineLA for a Year." Food lovers who sign up for the dineLA newsletter are automatically entered to win the ultimate prize—a restaurant gift certificate every week for one year. The 52-week prize-pack is valued at an appetizing $2,600.  Diners can enter and view participating restaurants and their menus at www.discoverlosangeles.com/dineLA.