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Find the nearest Container Store in your neighborhood and good luck with gift card! If you visit their site, you can find a tips and ideas for getting organized.

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190 of the participating restaurants have extended NYC Restaurant Week through February 28, 2010. Now you can book a table and enjoy a prix-fixe meals at the best restaurants in NYC for $35 and under. You can view the list of restaurants and make an easy online reservations at www.NYCgo.com or at OpenTable.

New York’s top restaurants will serve three-course lunches for $24.07 (the discounts are not good on Saturdays, though some restaurants are offering deals on Sundays) and three-course dinners for $35.00 (beverage, tax and gratuity not included).

Restaurants taking part in the extension include 21 Club, Aquavit, Aureole, Bar Boulud, Blue Water Grill, Chanterelle, Craft, Gotham Bar & Grill, Le Cirque, Mesa Grill, Nobu, One if by Land, Petrossian, Russian Tea Room, Spice Market, Tribeca Grill, Union Square Cafe and lots more.

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Visit the site now and take advantage of their Massive Brand Liquidation Sale. You can save up to 78% off top brands as Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Raymond Weil, Kenneth Cole, Anne Klein, Charles David, Natori, Puma, among many others. You can also take an extra 12% off for new customers; offer expires 12/01/2009. Act now – great bargains sell fast!

Select from more than 250 participating restaurants for NYC’s Restaurant Week and enjoy scrumptious food at some of the city’s most renowned restaurants at a bargain price. Restaurant Week is truly a great opportunity to try out a restaurant that may usually be to expensive for your budget or may seem like too much of a gamble at normal prices. The most popular Restaurant Week choices are generally booked quickly, so the sooner you get to the phone or computer to make your reservations, the better. Not all restaurants will have the discounted meals on the weekend, so make sure to call and ask this question. Also, some restaurants limit the restaurant week menu (generally a pared down menu which includes some of their specialties) to select seating times during lunch and dinner; so mention that you are interested making a reservation for the Restaurant Week offering.

NYC’s Summer 2009 Restaurant Week
* Sunday, July 12, through Friday, July 31, 2009
* Three-course lunches for $24.07 and dinners for $35 (Prices are per person and do not include beverage, tax or gratuity).

Now you can reserve your NYC Restaurant Week table at OpenTable.com

Checkout Twitter.com/nycgo – information about early bookings, chef appearances, restaurant deals and insider tips.

Do not miss it, it’s really a good deal! I try a few new restaurants every year during Restaurant Week and so far, I have not been disappointed. Here are some of my favorites: Nobu, Nobu Next Door, David Burke Townhouse, Le Cirque, JoJo, Bobby Van’s Steakhouse, The Palm, Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Maya for dinner and Gotham Bar & Grill, Café Boulud, Milos, Estiatorio, Tabla, Alto and Norma’s for lunch.