Two More Weeks For NYC Restaurant Week - Through August 16

There are still two weeks left to this summer's NYC Restaurant Week. I'm not sure why they don't just call it Restaurant Month, but whatever. You can still book the 300 participating restaurants who are offering $25 three-course prix fixe lunches $38 prix fixe dinners. Go to http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweekfor timing details and some menus. It's worth it! And, this year, you can venture to Queens and Brooklyn as well as Manhattan to enjoy the benefits.

If you're an American Express Cardmember, you get even more savings.  Sign up to and use it when you dine at any restaurant participating in Restaurant Week. You'll get an additional $5 off of any meal of $25 or more. https://enroll.amexnetwork.com/US/en/nycrestaurantweek2013/

A sampling of the restaurants on the list, with many of my favorites includes :

Brooklyn
Benchmark Restaurant (Park Slope) –  lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday); lunch and dinner (Sunday)

Queens
The Greenhouse Café (Bay Ridge) – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday); lunch and dinner (Sunday)

Water's Edge Restaurant (Long Island City) – lunch and dinner ( Monday-Friday)

Manhattan
A Voce Columbus – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Boulud Sud – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday)

Circo – lunch and dinner (Monday – Friday); dinner (Sunday)

Delmonico's – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday)

The Dutch – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Il Mulino – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Lincoln Ristorante – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Le Perigord

Maialino – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Le Perigord – lunch (Monday-Friday); dinner (Sunday-Friday)

Red Rooster Harlem

Red Rooster Harlem – lunch (Monday-Friday)

Riverpark – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday); dinner (Sunday)

Thalassa

Spice Market – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday); dinner (Sunday)

Thalassa – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday)

Tulsi – lunch and dinner (Monday-Friday); dinner (Sunday)