‘225 Dine’: Restaurant Week lets diners indulge for less

Baton Rouge diners will have the chance in the coming week to experience some of Red Stick’s best restaurants for a reduced price during Baton Rouge Restaurant Week. From Monday through Saturday, 29 local eateries will offer three-course prix fixe menus of special and regular dishes, with prices ranging from $15 to $35. Taking a cue from events like COOLinary New Orleans, which offers similar discounts to diners at certain restaurants for a fixed period, organizer Chris Brooks says the Baton Rouge event is “a great way to give the restaurants a shot in the arm during a season that’s usually pretty quiet.” Brooks says it’s also a chance for diners to try new eateries and dishes without spending as much as they normally would. Restaurants range from casual places like Hello Sushi, which will offer choices of soup, salad and their higher-end sushi rolls for $15, to upscale joints like Stroubes, with an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $35. You can preview the prix fixe menus from all 29 restaurants here; and reserve tables for the event via OpenTable here. More news on culinary happenings in the Capital Region can be found in the new 225 Dine e-newsletter here.