Restaurants continue week with cheap menus

Orange County restaurateurs, including several in Newport-Mesa, want to keep the momentum of their inaugural “restaurant week” going so they will continue to serve discount lunches and dinners.

This week the prix-fixe menus will be offered for $10 to $20 person for lunch, and $20, $30 or $40 for dinner.

“With the current economic climate, this additional week will allow diners to continue to experience the region’s best restaurants at a discounted price,” said Pamela Waitt, president of the Orange County Restaurant Assn., in a news release.

These local restaurants will be participating this week:

118 Degrees (Costa Mesa), lunch only

Bayside (Newport Beach)

The Clubhouse (Costa Mesa)

First Cabin at the Balboa Bay Resort and Club (Newport Beach)

Il Farro Café Trattoria (Newport Beach)

Leatherby’s Café Rouge (Costa Mesa)

Pinot Provence (Costa Mesa)

Pizzeria Ortica (Costa Mesa)

Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina (Newport Beach)

For more information, go to orangecountyrestaurantweek.com, where you can also make reservations. The county is planning another restaurant week in the fall. A “Happy Hour Week” is on tap for April and a “Kid’s Restaurant Week” is on the menu for June.

— Paul Anderson