Two separate restaurant weeks are arriving in Arlington, Falls Church and elsewhere in the D.C. area, offering discounts on three-course meals and more.
In Arlington, 15 restaurants are participating in this year’s Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, which begins on Monday and includes establishments throughout the D.C. area. It continues through Sunday, Aug. 30.
In Falls Church, meanwhile, the city’s first-ever Summer Restaurant Week begins today (Friday) and also lasts through Aug. 30.
Here are some of the highlights in both localities.
Restaurant Week in Arlington
Epic Smokehouse
Epic Smokehouse in Pentagon City is offering a $25 brunch, a $25 lunch and a $55 dinner.
For lunch and dinner, starter options include a Caesar salad and wonton-wrapped pulled pork. Main course options for lunch are chicken tenders, salmon tacos, a bacon burger and a pulled pork sandwich, while dinner entrees include crab-stuffed salmon and smoked brisket. For dessert, diners can tuck into some Key lime pie or bread pudding.
1330 S. Fern Street
Salt
In Rosslyn, Salt is offering dinner for a fixed price of $55 during restaurant week.
The appetizer menu includes tuna tartare nachos, crispy pork belly and house-made gnocchi. The entree menu has options such as a blue crab fettuccine and a Wagyu burger with white truffle aioli, gruyère cheese, roasted mushrooms and crispy onions. For a sweet treat, the restaurant is offering chocolate cheesecake and a mixed berry sorbet. It also features an extensive cocktail menu.
1201 Wilson Blvd
Morton’s Steakhouse
The Crystal City steakhouse is offering three courses for dinner at $65.
Wagyu meatballs and lobster bisque are some of many first-course options, with filet mignon and lobster ravioli on the main course menu. This particular restaurant week dinner also comes with sides such as mashed potatoes or onion rings. Dessert options include key lime pie and chocolate cake.
1770 B Crystal Drive
Big Buns
In Ballston, Big Buns is doing a $25 lunch special all week that includes two sandwiches, two orders of fries and two cocktails.
Sandwich options include its birria burger served with dipping sauce or the “Fricken Good Fried Chicken Sammie,” with pickles, lettuce and mayo. The two cocktails available are a dragon fruit-flavored tequila drink made with Hornitos Plata and a vodka lemonade.
4401 Wilson Blvd
Spice Kraft Indian Bistro
The Clarendon Indian spot is offering a $40 dinner for one and a $75 dinner for two.
Appetizers include a vegetable samosa and karuveppilai chicken, while entrees feature chicken tikka masala, lamb chettnad and shrimp jalfrei. The dessert menu offers rice pudding and gulab jamun with rabri mousse.
1135 N Highland Street
Other Arlington options
Other Arlington restaurants participating in the regional restaurant week include: Cielo Supper Club, La Côté d’Or Café, Lyon Hall, Makers Union, Potomac Social Tavern, Ruthie’s All Day, SER Restaurant, Sfoglina Rosslyn, The Boulevard and The Liberty Tavern.
More information about what they are offering is available on Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week’s website.
Restaurant Week in Falls Church
10 Pizza
The New York-style pizza joint is offering a large specialty pizza and an order of wings for $29.99 during restaurant week. Pizza options include Hawaiian, Nashville hot chicken and black truffle mushroom, while wing flavors include Nashville hot, mango habanero, lemon pepper and more.
1051 W. Broad Street
Chasin’ Tails
The seafood restaurant is running an all-you-can-eat special during restaurant week with different tiers.
For $65, customers can get jumbo shrimp, mussels, lamb chops, oysters, crudo and salmon. For an added $49, customers get access to snow crab, king prawns, ribeyes and Wagyu beef. Or, for $89 more than the first-tier price, king crab, lobsters and bone-in ribeye become part of the all-you-can-eat menu.
944 W. Broad Street
Dogwood Tavern
The Virginia-themed tavern is a Falls Church staple, and it’s offering a $35 fixed-price menu.
As a starter, Dogwood is doing its mozzarella sticks with house-made basil pesto and marinara sauce. For the main course, it will serve its shrimp and grits with Virginia ham gravy. Finally, for dessert, the restaurant is making its banana pudding cannolis.
132 W. Broad Street
Godfrey’s Bakery and Cafe
If customers mention Falls Church Restaurant Week, they will get half off a bottle of wine and a free dessert with the purchase of an appetizer and two main dishes at Godfrey’s. Pizzas are also just $15 during the week, down from their typical price range of $18-$21.
421 W. Broad Street
Harvey’s
Harvey’s is participating in Falls Church’s restaurant week in a similar style to Metropolitan Washington’s format.
The restaurant is running a $25 three-course brunch, a $20 three-course lunch and a $48 three-course dinner. Appetizers on the various menus include deviled eggs with pimento cheese, as well as fire-roasted artichokes. Brunch brings main dishes like pancakes and a breakfast sandwich, while lunch options include burgers and dinner has more traditional entrees like chicken parm.
513 W. Broad Street
Other Falls Church options
Other participating restaurants include Huong Binh Bakery, Ice Cream Jubilee, Badd Pizza, Northside Social and a slew of others. A full list can be found on the restaurant week’s website.
In Falls Church, customers who visit at least eight restaurants and collect stamps from each one can enter the running to receive one of three $100 gift cards to a currently unnamed restaurant. Participants will collect the stamps in “passports” they can print out at home or pick up at Clare & Don’s, GrillMarX, Harvey’s, Preservation Biscuit Company, Seoul Prime or Tam Tam.
Passports must be returned to one of those locations by Wednesday, Sept. 2 to be eligible for a gift card.
Photo via Morton’s Steakhouse/Instagram
