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Low fares and gourmet foods: San Diego Restaurant Week

Book cheap tickets to San Diego for late September and be able to take advantage of even more savings at the city’s famed Restaurant Week. This week occurs every spring and fall in several cities around the country. San Diego’s is coming up, from September 18 to September 23, and is organized by the California Restaurant Association. This will be the 7th year of San Diego’s participation in the Restaurant Week specials. More than 180 area restaurants will be participating and offering prix fixe menus with some of their best dishes. What better way to take advantage of low fares and cheap flights to San Diego than by racking up more savings from great restaurant deals and enjoying all the fantastic produce, seafood, and culinary traditions that southern California has to offer.

Restaurant week deals apply for both lunches and dinners. With the savings you’ve made on cheap plane tickets for flights to San Diego, you can grab a quick two-course lunch or indulge in a three-course dinner. Depending on the normal price range of the restaurant, lunches during this week range from $10, $15, to $20 per person (not including drinks); and dinners are $20, $30, or $40. This is the perfect time to try out that expensive bistro or five-star restaurant you’ve been eyeing up. Participating restaurants range from Italian to Mexican to Japanese to American steakhouses and much more. You can sample some unusually inexpensive fondue at The Melting Pot or chow down on organic cuisine at Jsix Restaurant. For great seafood, try Anthony’s Fish Grotto’s $20 fish dinners. Get your Greek on at Athens Market Taverna, also offering dinner specials for $20. Many restaurants also offer vegetarian prix fixe menus specially designed for this week.

San Diego’s Restaurant Week is a favorite with both locals and visitors getting to the city by cheap plane trips. You can check out the full prix fixe lunch and dinner menus at all participating restaurants on the event’s official website, www.sandiegorestaurantweek.com. If some fine California dining on the cheap interests you, start looking for flights to San Diego today. Make your cheap plane fares savings count by buying some delicious meals at half price or even less. If you miss this fall’s restaurant week, don’t worry too much - the week of delicious deals comes around again in January 2012.