Try Somewhere New To Eat During Restaurant Week

It's Chicago Restaurant Week! This "week" (which inexplicably lasts for 17 days, through February 9th) features "special prix fixe menus at more than 430 restaurants throughout Chicago and nearby suburbs. These multi-course meals are $24 for brunch or lunch, and $36 and/or $48 for dinner (excluding beverages, tax, and gratuity)."

Participating restaurants in Uptown include:

• Bar Roma, 5101 N. Clark ($36 dinner -- click here for the prix fixe menu)
• Brass Heart, 4662 N. Broadway ($48 dinner -- click here for the prix fixe menu)
• Demera Ethiopian Restaurant, 4801 N. Broadway ($24 lunch, $48 dinner -- click here for the lunch prix fixe menu; and here for the dinner prix fixe menu)

Check the website for Restaurant Week to book a table or to see a complete list of restaurants.