DC Winter Restaurant Week 2011

We just got an update from the folks at RAMW with a list of ~~fourteen~~ sixteen restaurants that have announced their participation in DC Winter Restaurant Week 2011, and we’ve wasted no time adding them to our map.

The list includes a few of the area’s recent openings as well as several long-time participants who would have been sorely missed. What does it mean for you? If you move quickly, you may be able to snag a coveted Friday or Saturday night reservation before everyone realizes these places have signed on. Quick – head to OpenTable and lock it in!

Click on the image to go to our Google map that locates every restaurant participating in DC's Winter Restaurant Week 2011.

You can see the full list of participants at the official site, and we’ll continue to keep an eye out for additions as they come up between now and the 17th. The newest participants are:

Asian Spice – Lunch and Dinner

Charlie Palmer Steak – Lunch and Dinner

Circle Bistro – Lunch and Dinner

Cityhouse – Lunch and Dinner

Columbia Firehouse – Lunch and Dinner

Current Sushi & Lounge – Dinner Only

Floriana Restaurant – Dinner Only

Fire and Sage – Lunch and Dinner

Kushi Izakaya & Sushi – Lunch and Dinner

The Landmark at the Melrose Hotel – Lunch and Dinner

MASA 14 – Dinner Only

Notti Bianche – Lunch and Dinner

Sea Catch Restaurant and Raw Bar – Lunch and Dinner

Siroc Restaurant – Lunch and Dinner

Tabaq Bistro – Dinner Only

Vento Restaurant – Dinner Only

Enjoy!

Twice a year, the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) <<EDIT: and the folks over at Destination DC – sorry for the omission!>> give DC diners a good incentive to head out and try one of those places they’ve been meaning to check out: Restaurant Week. Whether you love these discount dining days or hate them, it’s a safe bet you’re just as quick to check out who’s participating as soon as you hear the next round is public.

Well it’s time. Just a few minutes ago, RAMW posted the announcement of the dates and participants for DC Winter Restaurant Week 2011 to the official Restaurant Week site. This year the foodfest will run from Monday, January 17th through Sunday, January 23rd and more than 210 restaurants have already signed on. OpenTable may have spilled the beans on the dates a bit early, having updated the header on the Restaurant Week page last week before it was officially supposed to talk about 2011, but otherwise RAMW has done an admirable job of keeping the details of Restaurant Week under wraps.

As we’ve done in the past, we wanted to help you visualize just what 210+ restaurants look like – not to mention map out your plan of attack. Click on the image below to go to our semi-annual, color-coded Google map to figure out where you’ll be lunching and dining from the 17th through the 23rd. And be on the lookout for some of our fellow bloggers’ usual contributions, like DC Foodies’ and Dining in DC’s menu roundups and lists of restaurants that will be extending their deals even further into the new year.

If you’ve got additional questions – like “Why isn’t that restaurant I’ve been dying to try on the list?” – visit the official site and ask the folks at RAMW. They anticipate additional participants between now and Restaurant Week, so be on the lookout for updates.