New Lenox Restaurant Week: All You Need to Know

It's the 2011 Restaurant Week in New Lenox, and local businesses are offering discounted meals.

The organizes the event and collects deals to promote restaurants in town. Here on Patch, we do a lot to promote local business, too, and to celebrate Restaurant Week we'll recap all the information you need to find local deals and learn about restaurants on Patch.

Local Deals: If you want to find some cheap eats, the Chamber of Commerce website is listing Restaurant Week deals. For local businesses, you can keep the discounts going after Restaurant Week by advertising on . For more information, contact advertising manager Sharon Carr at sharon.carr@patch.com.

Restaurant Reviews: Have a great meal or a bad experience at a local restaurant? Let your neighbors know by reviewing the restaurant in our Patch Places business directory. If you're searching for a new place by type of restaurant, such as Italian or Chinese, then check out our .

Business profiles: Every Monday we run a local business profile in our Locally Owned feature. Every now and then we'll spotlight a local restaurant. So far we've written about , , , and . Go to the to see all our profiles.

Chowdown Showdown: Every Sunday we take one dish, drink or type of food and compare it at three different restaurants: one each in Frankfort, Mokena and New Lenox. Read here for all of our past . In June, we recounted all the results to that point to determine , and it was oddly a tie. This week, we'll update the standings and also turn to you to be our new food reviewers.

Restaurant inspections: In August we looked at . The results surprised many and started a heated debate on Patch. This week we'll re-publish the series of articles, along with a response from some local restaurant owners.