Local Eateries Participate in First Spring LI Restaurant Week

During the week of April 3, over 150 Long Island restaurants will be offering prix fixe meals as part of WordHampton’s first annual spring restaurant week.

Participating restaurants include two local eateries, which will present gourmet meals for $24.95 to their customers. The price includes an appetizer, main course and dessert.

The promotion comes on the heals of Hampton Restaurant week, which also offered prix fixe dishes at participating Hamptons restaurants, as well as a fall Long Island restaurant week, where over 250 restaurants showed off their culinary delights.

The spring restaurant week is expected to not only allow customers to try new dishes and restaurants an at affordable price, but also give restaurants a shot in the arm before the summer season gets into full swing.

Tara Berkoski, who spoke for WordHampton, said the latest restaurant week was created after several western Suffolk County eateries requested that WordHampton back another restaurant week that includes restaurants across Long Island.

While Hampton’s restaurant week just concluded, Berkoski said, restaurants across the board are still lining up to get on board with the promotion.

“So far it’s working,” said Berkoski.  “We have over one hundred and fifty Long Island restaurants signed up.”

Berkoski says spring restaurant week gives customers a chance to “try out new restaurants or go to their favorite restaurant at a discounted rate.”

“You can make a whole day of it or a week of it,” she said, “Head up Island and try a restaurant there or head out east.”

For businesses, the promotion is a boon, she said and explained that restaurants can sign up for the promotion at a cost of $395 and in return, she said they typically gain new customers.

Locally, the two Hauppauge restaurants participating in the Spring LI Restaurant Week are The Grill Room and Nu Restaurant, located inside the . 

The Grill Room will be offering diners the choice of six appetizers, including Warm Pear Salad and Shrimp Scampi Two Ways, and six entrees featuring a Marinated New Zealand Lamb Loin Chops. For dessert, options include a slice of New York cheesecake, apple crisps and ice cream. Reservations can be made online at OpenTable. 

Nu Restaurant offers diners a variety of options including thin crust pizzas, sandwichs and grilled entrees that feature seafood and steaks.