LONG ISLAND RESTAURANT WEEK FALLS ON NOVEMBER 3-10
Area Restaurants Dish Best Bites with $27.95 Prix Fixe Menus for Eight Days!

The bi-annual and award-winning Long Island Restaurant Week (www.longislandrestaurantweek.com/631-329-2111) kicks off its Fall 2013 campaign on Sunday, November 3 for eight days ending on Sunday, November 11.  Participating restaurants will offer a three-course prix fixe for $27.95 all night, every night they are open except Saturday when the menu will only be offered until 7 p.m. Restaurants – spanning Long Island’s 118 miles – are signing up daily to participate. Each will serve its own unique $27.95 menu with a minimum choice of three appetizers, three entrées and three desserts.  A full participant list will be available at http://www.longislandrestaurantweek.com/dine.php

Long Island Restaurant Week is a win-win for participants and consumers. Much of the island’s population is provided the opportunity to save money while dining and sample restaurants they might not otherwise try.  For restaurateurs, this media-able, value-pricing event delivers a surge in business, a return on investment and community goodwill with the chance to win over new and returning patrons with a positive dining experience.

“It is expected that the campaign this fall will garner more than 250 participants,” said Steve Haweeli, President of Long Island Restaurant & Marketing Hospitality Group – the new business-to-consumer promotions division of WordHampton Public Relations. “With more than 2.8 million residents and 1,000 restaurants with varied cuisines, concepts and price points, it is no wonder why we started the highly anticipated Long Island Restaurant Week which continues to flourish.” Last year’s fall 2012 campaign boasted 248 restaurant participants, 134 of which extended the promotion through Sunday, November 18 as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

HERE’S A FEW EAST END RESTAURANTS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING:

Who:        La Fondita and Golden Eagle Art Store
What:        Day of the Dead
Where:        La Fondita, 74 Montauk Hwy., Amagansett, NY 11930
(631) 267-8800
www.lafondita.net
When:        Saturday, November 2, 2013

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at La Fondita with Kids Crafts by Golden Eagle Art Store

La Fondita (74 Montauk Highway, Amagansett, (631) 267-8800, www.lafondita.net) will celebrate the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with kids and crafts by the Golden Eagle Art Store on Saturday, November 2 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Children, ages 5 and up, may decorate their own skulls, play games, and enjoy La Fondita treats. Space is limited. Cost is $10 per child. The event will benefit The Visiting Artists Program at Springs School. Please RSVP by calling Golden Eagle at 631-324-0603.

La Fondita is also offering food specials in honor of Dia de los Muertos on November 1 and 2. Menu items include:

Tamale de Puerco en salsa roja con arroz y refritos $11 (a la carte $6 each)
Pork tamales in salsa roja with rice and refried beans ($6 for a single tamale)

Tamale de rajas y queso con arroz y refritos $11 (a la carte $6 each)
Chile and Cheese Tamale with rice and refried beans ($6 for a single tamale)

Pavo en mole roja con arroz y refritos $14
Turkey in mole roja with rice and refried beans

Pambazo Salsa Guajillo $11
Con chorizo y papas, lechuga, queso freso y crema
Salsa dipped chorizo and potato sandwich with lettuce, cheese and crema

Pambazo Salsa Guajillo $11
Con pavo mole roja, lechuga, queso fresco y crema
Salsa dipped turkey in mole roja sandwich with lettuce, cheese and crema

Atole de Pina $3
The traditional drink of Day of the Dead
A warm porridge beverage with pineapple

La Fondita is currently open Wednesday through Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.lafondita.net or to place an order, call La Fondita at (631) 267-8800.

WHO:        Chef Mathias Brogie of The Living Room
WHAT:        New Menu
WHERE:    The Living Room
c/o The Maidstone
207 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937

The Living Room Introduces a New Fall Menu
Chef Mathias Brogie has rolled out a new fall menu at The Living Room Restaurant (207 Main Street, East Hampton, 631-324-5006www.careofhotels.com/maidstone) at c/o The Maidstone. The new menu features the following Scandinavian inspired dishes:

Appetizers
Löjrom $19
Long Island pumpkin blinis and traditional condiments

Button Mushroom Soup $16
Flat smoked eel

Matjes Herring $16
Egg, brown butter and dill sautéed potatoes

Blackened Gravlax “Pastrami” $18
Served with a pumpkin chutney

Foie Gras Tacos $24
Prepared with a pistachio rub and served “a la Maidstone”

Entrées
Flounder Meuniere $29
Capers, red beets, baby carrots, brown butter, artichokes and rissole potatoes with a lemon confit

Grilled Monkfish $32
Tarragon broth, leeks, fennel and baby carrots

Pan Fried Arctic Char $36
Lobster, cream, lemon, dill, tomatoes, chives and sugar snap peas

Crispy Duck Breast $41
Orange, double-crème and cauliflower

Venison Rack $46
Juniper berry sauce, potato cake, pickled baby carrots and pickled chanterelles

Biff Rydberg $40
Traditional condiments

For reservations contact The Living Room Restaurant at c/o The Maidstone at (631) 324-5006.

WHO:        Fresh Hamptons www.facebook.com/freshhamptonsny
WHAT:        World Cuisine Thursdays
WHERE:    203 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton, NY 11932
631-537-4700
WHEN:        Every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

WORLD CUISINE THURSDAYS AT FRESH HAMPTONS

Fresh Hamptons (203 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton, 631-537-4700) is hosting World Cuisine Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of its weekly Hamptons Theme Nights held Sunday to Thursday. Executive Chef Todd Jacobs invites guests to travel to a different region of the globe every Thursday, as they enjoy an authentic three-course dinner. Cost is $34 per person, plus tax and gratuity.

For more information about Fresh Hamptons, call 631-537-4700 or visit www.facebook.com/freshhamptonsny

Long Island Restaurant Week was designed to garner positive publicity and additional business during a traditionally sluggish period. Due to popular customer and restaurateur demand, the spring edition of this popular island-wide autumn promotion was launched in 2011 with a 168 participant roster. Long Island Restaurant Week also believes in the importance of helping neighbors facing hunger and will make a donation following the campaign to select Long Island based charities. Diners may also download the Long Island Restaurant Week mobile app, available on the iPhone, Android and mobile web.  The direct link is http://airmo.co/lirestaurantweek