BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Restaurant Week runs from April 15 through April 21, it's your chance to sink your teeth into some awesome deals and food in the Queen City!
Visit Buffalo Niagara is launching the spring edition following the same format as other years.
You can enjoy a prix-fixe menu for lunch and dinner with lunch menu prices ranging from $15 to $45. The dinner menus range from $25 and $65.
Wayland Brewing is joining for the first time this year. Head Chef Jacob Benoit said it was only right to join after opening nearly one year ago.
"Last year we were just getting the swing of things but this year we wanted to make sure we did restaurant week get some maybe new faces in here," Benoit said. "We're always looking for new cool stuff to do and it was just like a no-brainer."
Wayland's week-long special will include any beer and sandwich for $20.24.
Visit Buffalo Niagara's CEO Patrick Kaler said 90 restaurants are participating which is 30 more than last year. He said it's a combination of coming out of the pandemic and a growing food industry.
He added out of the $2.2 billion that visitors have recently spent in Erie County — 43 percent of that went to the food and beverage industry
Fat Bob's Smokehouse owner, Patrick Ryan, said restaurant week gives them something to look forward to.
The Allentown barbeque spot is offering dinner for two for $45, a dinner special for $25 and a lunch special for $15 all of which Ryan said gives the restaurant a boost during a slower time of year.
"It definitely gives us a bump in business you know anywhere between 10 to 30, 40 percent per night," Ryan said. "It's a lot of extra feet through the door on any given night. a lot more positive experiences you're able to give you know which hopefully you stack that to have them come back when it's not restaurant week."
The innkeeper at the Roycroft said the event unites the community.
"Restaurants support your neighbors, your neighbors' kids," Dan Garvey says. "It truly as an economy brings people together in the city, in this great city that we see this tourism explosion happening that hasn't happened before. For as many years as I've been doing Buffalo Restaurant Week at the Roycroft Inn, it's never been better as it is right now. Get on the website, start looking, make your plans and go and enjoy what we have to offer here in Buffalo."
You can find participating restaurants and more information here.
