title: Chicago Restaurant Week
text: # Chicago Restaurant Week
  
  Chicago Restaurant Week, is an event held once a year for seventeen days in which participating restaurants in Chicago offer prix fixe lunches and dinners. A celebration of Chicago's culinary scene featuring some of the finest restaurants, this can be a fraction of the usual prices.
  
  The event is held in early winter (January). Chicago Restaurant Week has been hosted for 16 years as of January 2023.
  
  ## History
  
  Chicago Restaurant Week began as a celebration of the city's award-winning culinary scene. The event brought together the city's top restaurants, representing a near-endless array of cuisines. Tim Zagat and Joe Baum are credited for the "first restaurant week". Tim Zagat in a 2010 The Atlantic article said that he did not see or dream of the possibility of using American Express and Coca-Cola as sponsors for future events at the time.
  
  Chicago Restaurant Week celebrated its 16th anniversary in 2023, The program continues annually as of 2023.
  
  