Ninth Annual Restaurant Week Starts Today

Sunday marks the start of the ninth annual , where top-rated restaurants across the East End will offer diners a three-course, price-fix meal for $19.95 or $24.95.

Sponsored by WordHampton public relations firm, Hamptons Restaurant week is aimed at getting people out to try new restaurants during the off season. More than 50 restaurants are participating this year, and ten are right here in the Westhampton-Hampton Bays area.

“This is a great way to get out and try out restaurants because of the prices,” said Tara Berkoski, account coordinator for WordHampton. “You may also find a new favorite restaurant.”

Aside from creating Hampton’s Restaurant Week, WordHampton is also the organizer of, which takes place in November. Over 200 restaurants across the island participate in the event that restaurants say is a boon to business.

The promotions, said Berkoski, “really help the restaurants in the off-season.”

Berkoski said that aside from bringing in business in the winter months, Hampton Restaurant Week also helps restaurants that are just starting to re-open for the next season, get ready. 

“It gives their staff a chance to get readjusted,” she said.

Nine restaurants in the town of Riverhead, from east to west, will be participating this season. 

Around the center of town, food enthusiasts can drop by , , , and . n and Bayview Inn and Restaurant will be participating in Jamesport and South Jamesport. And in Wading River, Amarelle, Blackwell's, and La Plage will be offering prix fixe meals as well.