The sixth annual Village of Great Neck Plaza Restaurant week started on May 3 and has helped attract new diners to the village’s local restaurants, Maria Coscia, promotions manager for the Village of Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, said on Tuesday.
“What I’ve seen on social media is that it’s been going pretty well,” Coscia said. “I’ve gotten more feedback on social media now than I have in the fall.”
The week-long event, hosted by the BID and the Village of Great Neck Plaza, allows diners to have a three-course meal at one of 15 participating restaurants for the price of $26.95.
“It’s just a way for people to get out and enjoy what the village has to offer,” Coscia said. “It’s also right before Mother’s Day so some people might take their mothers out to eat.”
Restaurants offer diners a price-fixed three-course menu for $26.95 for lunch or dinner until Saturday, May 10, Coscia said.
A full list of restaurants and the menus are available on shopgreatneck.com.
Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender praised Coscia and other members of the BID for promoting the village’s restaurants.
“We’re very thrilled that they’re continuing with this program,” Celender said. “It’s all about good food and sharing good times with family and friends.”
Dennis Manolatos, manager of Bareburger’s Great Neck location, said the franchise is in their second year of supporting the village’s restaurant week.
“It gives the town something different,” Manolatos said. “They get to come in and try different things.”
Manalatos said Bareburger franchises regularly participate in restaurant week at their various locations.
“A lot of the locations or towns that they’re in, they do restaurant weeks also,” he said.
The event was started by the Village of Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District in 2009, Coscia said.
The BID also hosts a restaurant week in the fall right before Halloween, Coscia said.
“We just wanted to find a way to get people to get out to the restaurants,” she said.
Coscia said despite the struggling economy, about 15 restaurants sign up to participate every year.
“People love it,” she said.
