What you need to know before dining out for Pittsburgh Restaurant Week

PITTSBURGH — It’s restaurant week in Pittsburgh!

The biannual event highlights the wide-ranging dining options that the city has to offer and tries to bring in people from surrounding communities to enjoy meals at a special discounted price.

The summer session is running from Aug. 12-18.

Event organizers have three suggestions to make your Restaurant Week experience the best it can be:

  • MAKE RESERVATIONS. Most locations accept reservations during restaurant week to streamline their customer service. For restaurants that do not offer online reservations, call to inquire about a dining time.
  • MENTION RESTAURANT WEEK. When being seated and offered menus, ensure to mention Pittsburgh Restaurant Week to the waitstaff to ensure you are getting the correct menus and pricing.
  • GRATUITIES APPRECIATED. Waitstaff handle a surge of customers during restaurant week and many of the special menus are multiple courses that would have been priced higher if ordered a la carte. If you are able, consider gratuities that take into account the original pricing and extra effort to perfect a multi-course service.

Click here to see the participating restaurants.

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