Annapolis Restaurant Week Entices Foodies With Discounts

ANNAPOLIS, MD — It's almost time for Annapolis Restaurant Week. With recently-expanded capacities, local eateries are advertising deals and discounts to draw customers.

Patch partners with several local organizations to bring you their latest news. This guest contribution comes from the Downtown Annapolis Partnership. Here's what Executive Director Erik Evans wrote about the festivities:

"Annapolis Restaurant Week returns this year for 9 days starting this Saturday, March 20th through Sunday, March 28th.

“This year it is all about adding options so everyone can safely enjoy local cuisine from Annapolis restaurants during this promotion,” says Erik Evans[,] the Executive Director of the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

This year's restaurant week will also include a wider range of fixed-price menus, carry-out specials, liquor to-go, and online gift card sales.

Annapolis Restaurant Week started thirteen years ago to support local restaurants in the off-season and is managed by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership. It has always been a fun way to support our local restaurants, save a few dollars, have an amazing meal and enjoy time with family.

Restaurants participating in this annual event will be offering price-fixed dine-in meal selections for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Many of the restaurants will also have options for vegetarian and gluten-free diners.

With capacities still limited in restaurants [to] accommodate social distancing[,] reservations are recommended. Several of the restaurants including Café Normandie, Federal House, Galway Bay, Iron Rooster, Lemongrass, O’Learys Seafood, and Reynolds Tavern will have tented areas to give additional seating for dinners.

For those more comfortable dining at home, you can order carry-out for both your meals and liquor from participating restaurants. Gift cards are also an option that can be purchased online, for those wishing to treat someone for a night off from cooking.

Some of the Annapolis Restaurant Week special menu items include:

For breakfast try the fried chicken, biscuits, and gravy omelet at Miss Shirley's Café or have breakfast for lunch with the Breakfast Jambalaya at Federal House Bar & Grille.

Lunch has a wide range of flavors with braised short rib tacos at Carrol’s Creek Café, fish and chips from O’Brien’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Tavern, veggie flatbreads from Rams Head Tavern, crispy local catfish from Severn Inn, or the gochujang wagyu burger at In Grano Bistro Bakery.

Dinner is always the main event for Annapolis Restaurant Week and a few of the featured dishes include roasted duck with a raspberry sauce at Café Normandie, a steamed combination of snow crabs, shrimp, oysters, clams, and crawfish at Buddy’s Crab & Ribs, prime rib at the Annapolis Smokehouse and Tavern, a 16-ounce double-cut pork chop at Carpaccio’s Tuscan Kitchen, shrimp jambalaya at Latitude 38, fish and chips at Preserve, Petite Filet from Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and jumbo crab cakes from Yellowfin Steak & Fish House.

Many of the restaurants will have additional add-on specials during the week. Rams Head Tavern has Fordham and Dominion growler refills for $12, and Luna Blu Ristorante Italiano has ½ price bottles of wine on Wednesday and 20% off carry-out wine all other days. Ruth’s Chris Steak House has discounts on extra appetizers, sides, and desserts. If you just have a sweet tooth craving[,] visit the Annapolis Ice Cream Company for 10% off all ice cream.

This weekend is also the final days of the Annapolis Oyster Fest making it a great time to order oysters before your meal. Look for discounted Maryland oysters at Annapolis Market House, Buddy’s Crab & Ribs, Latitude 38, McGarvey’s Saloon and Oyster Bar, Middleton Tavern, Pusser's Caribbean Grille, and Stan and Joe's Saloon.

For oyster [specialty] dishes[,] visit Harry Browne’s, Luna Blu, O’Learys, and more. Take a picture of your oysters and post them on social media with #AnnapolisOysterFest for a chance to win a dozen Maryland oysters.

There are several ways the public can enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card during Annapolis Restaurant Week from a participating restaurant. Visit the social media pages of the Annapolis Arts District, Annapolis Parking, Downtown Annapolis Partnership, Eye on Annapolis, and Visit Annapolis to enter their online contests throughout the week. Subscribers to the Sun Insider also have options to win gift cards to local restaurants.

“With so many dining options and specials you will want to enjoy our restaurants every day during restaurant week," says Matt Schatzle[, the] Chairman of the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

There is a wide range of restaurant types including seafood, steakhouses, international restaurants, and comfort food options. This event is also the perfect time to take a stroll through the town to enjoy our 90 local shops, galleries, and boutiques.

This weekend is also the Maryland Day weekend of events which celebrates the area’s history, heritage, and culture with about 2 dozen local events downtown and in the Annapolis Arts District, including the tall ship Pride of Baltimore II which will be at the city dock, Artfest at Maryland Hall, a free walking tour by Watermark and events at the Charles Carroll House, Hammond Harwood House, MC3, and Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Maryland Day events are free or only $1. With so many options for dining and events this weekend, it's a great time to enjoy Annapolis, Maryland.

The Annapolis Restaurant Week website will have participating restaurant menus, gift cards, reservation options, bonus deals, and more at www.annapolisrestaurantweek.com

Erik Evans

Annapolis Arts District

Downtown Annapolis Partnership"

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