From July 13 to 26, restaurants all over the city will offer bargain prix-fixe menus. .
One enduring Manhattan bargain, the $19.98 prix fixe lunch menu at the Gotham Bar and Grill, 12 East 12th Street, is matched by a smart $19.98 lunch-only prix fixe wine card developed by the sommelier, John Gilman.
Aridane Pérez Huertas, the male half of the couple, had taken over the place's cafe with aplomb, and I took advantage of his bargain 15-euro prix fixe dinner the first night: gazpacho, his version of a reindeer burger (mixed with a bit of duck mousse and served on a dense, freshly baked roll), Finnish berry juice and espresso.
Servers, although gracious and otherwise helpful, weren't immediately clear on these points, nor did they always fully explain what bargains a $55 four-course prix fixe and a $65 five-course prix fixe are.
Don't miss their prix lunch, a real bargain at a Michelin star restaurant.
Prix fixe menus are bargains: a two-course lunch, $14; four-course dinner, $29.
The four-course prix fixe lunch, a terrific bargain, began with a fiery, clear Thai soup awash with red peppers and shrimp.
After 8 p.m., this theater district restaurant turns into a wine bargain: excellent wines included with with the prix fixe dinner.
The luxury ingredients and luxury prices seem not to dissuade diners who are happy to face down $175 asparagus dinners, showers of truffles and caviar, and even the standard $125 prix fixe, which is a bargain only by Parisian standards.
If you happen to go on a night when the prix fixe is served, the restaurant is a bargain as well.
The prix fixe menu changes weekly and is always a bargain at 22 euros.
