Restaurant Week Begins

Newtown's first annual Restaurant Week kicks off today, providing diners with 13 establishments from which to choose and three different price points to suit different budgets.

The range of restaurants range from casual breakfast and lunch joints to fancier dinner establishments. Some of the participating restaurants offer one or more meal deals at $5, $15 and $25 or a Buy-One-Get-One special.

The lower prices are typically for breakfast fare while the midpoint is generally for lunch and the $25 is reserved for dinner. In the later case, three-course meals are being offered.

For instance, Sal e Pepe is offering three choices each of an appetizer (gorgonzola garlic bread, soup of the day or baby mista salad), entree (chicken, vegetable ravioli or tilapia)  and dessert (bread pudding, cherry parfait or creme brulee) combination for $25 each person.

Meanwhile, the Inn at Newtown also is offering a $25 special with a choice of braised lamb shank, ancho chile salmon or grilled hanger steak with a mixed-green salad, bread and choice of sorbet or ice cream for dessert, accompanies by coffee or tea.

Below is a full list of establishments featured during Restaurant Week:

• Demitasse Cafe
• Franco's
• Katherine's Kitchen
• Mona Lisa
• My Place Pizza & Restaurant
• Newtown Deli & Catering
• Newtown Pizza Palace
• One-Eyed Pig
• Sal e Pepe
• Sandy Hook Diner
• Stone River Grille
• Tambascio's
• The Inn at Newtown

Restaurant Week runs through Sept. 16. Find more information on the deals offered at the following link: Newtown Restaurant Week.

Editor's note: Newtown Patch is one of the sponsors of Restaurant Week.