San Diego Restaurant Week Starts Today

SAN DIEGO, CA -- The discount dining experiences and unique menus of San Diego Restaurant week kick off at over 180 restaurants across the county at lunch Sunday.

Participating restaurants are offering special prix-fixe lunch options priced at $10, $15 and $20 per person and dinner choices priced at $20, $30, $40 and $50 through Jan. 28.

Downtown restaurants include The Blind Burro, whose three-course dinner menu priced at $20 includes choices such as salmon poke, sesame ponzu, red chile flakes, pickled cucumbers, green onions and quinoa sesame crunch; chicken tinga enchiladas with toasted beat adobo, queso oaxaca, crema, pickled red onion, twice fried potatoes and avocado; and churros with creme anglaise sauce.

In North County, Cicciotti's Trattoria in Cardiff is offering a $15 lunch menu that includes Straccetti di Maiale al Gorgonzola: pan-seared pork tenderloin scaloppine sauteed in a creamy gorgonzola sauce and homemade cannoli.

A full list of participating restaurants is available at sandiegorestaurantweek.com.

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