Baton Rouge Restaurant Week kicked off July 21, with over 50 restaurants offering limited edition, special, multi-course meals at a fixed, discounted price.
The goal of Restaurant Week is to boost the local dining scene during slower periods of the year, while also enticing diners to try new places in the city.
Diners can enjoy the summer iteration of Restaurant Week through July 26. During the week, each post on Instagram using the hashtag #eatbr will generate a $2 donation to the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation, Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society.
Most Restaurant Week menus offer three options to choose from for an appetizer, entrée and dessert.
Here are seven notable ones to check out:
1717 Kitchen + Cocktails
1717 River Park Blvd.
$50 per person
Appetizers
- Watermelon salad with avocado, cucumber, feta and pickled watermelon rind
- Fig, goat cheese and prosciutto flatbread
- Sesame and cardamom crusted ahi tuna with truffle vinaigrette
Entrées
- Roasted Gulf fish with vegetable noodles, blistered tomatoes and lemon-caper beurre blanc
- Moji lamb chops with roasted sweet potato puree, chimichurri and asparagus
- Pork and plums with bone-in pork chops, grilled plum and ginger salsa, Israeli couscous and vegetables
- Polynesian steak with pineapple, soy, garlic and ginger marinated beef, coconut jasmine rice and grilled corn
Salted caramel pretzel bread pudding is on the menu for 1717 Kitchen + Cocktail's Restaurant Week menu.
Desserts
- Salted caramel pretzel bread pudding
- Root Beer float
- Key lime pie
Beausoleil Coastal Cuisine
7731 Jefferson Highway
$50 per person
Appetizers
- Watermelon salad with toasted pumpkin seeds
- Truffle fried oysters
- Pork cheek over polenta and topped with peppadew relish
Entrées
- Shrimp pasta with a tomato lemon cream sauce
- Hanger steak served with vegetables and fingerling potatoes
- Seared amberjack served over risotto and broccolini
Desserts
- Pot de crème
- Pecan praline bread budding
Bullfish Bistro
14241 Airline Highway
$45 per person
Appetizers
- Bacon-wrapped shrimp
- Honey-pepper chicken bites
- Salad medley
- Griot (meaty cracklins) with pikliz slaw
Entrées
- Red snapper and shrimp over stone grits
- Caribbean-stewed turkey served with jasmine rice and vegetables
- Lamb chops over oven-roasted garlic mashed potatoes
- Beef oxtails caramelized in a red wine Creole sauce with carrots and butter beans
Desserts
- Bread pudding with white chocolate spiced sauce
- Caribbean rum cake with caramel satsuma rum sauce
Cecelia Creole Bistro
421 N. 3rd St.
$45 per person
Cecelia Creole Bistro has included crispy pork belly with caramelized peaches and bourbon on its menu for Restaurant Week.
Appetizers
- Summer corn chowder with yukon golds and bacon
- Caesar salad
- Crispy pork belly with caramelized peaches and bourbon
Entrées
- Short ribs over gruyère grits and asparagus, topped with bordelaise
- Black grouper over brabant potatoes with sauce soubise and green tomato chow chow
- Jerk chicken over red beans and Louisiana rice with andouille sausage and tasso
Desserts
- Donut bread pudding
- Cornbread tres leches
- Pot de crème
Elsie's Plate and Pie
3145 Government St.
$35 per person
Appetizers
- Duck and dark cherry ragu hand pie finished with a green onion and lemon pesto
- Crawfish ravigote set on fresh sliced heirloom tomatoes
Entrées
- Seafood curry pot pie with shrimp, crawfish and eggplant simmered in a green coconut curry, baked in a paratha bread crust
- Crab and chili crisp fried rice with roasted zucchini and served with a pimento cheese eggroll
- Lamb burger with tzatziki, harissa, feta, cucumbers and tomatoes
Desserts
- Peach and mango hand pie
- Ponchatoula icebox pie
- Cookies and cream nachos
Drinks
- Lime in the coconut, made with Oxbow Rhum Agricole, Cointreau, cream of coconut and lime juice
- Earl grey spritz, made with JT Meleck Vodka, earl grey syrup, lemon juice and champagne
The Gregory
150 3rd St.
$45 per person
Appetizers
- Chicken and sausage gumbo
- Salad
- Parisian gnocchi with crawfish and andouille étouffée
Entrées
- Smoked brisket with goat cheese mashed potatoes, fried Brussels sprouts and house-made barbecue sauce
- Softshell crab served over ceviche and avocado crema
- Chicken fried rabbit with mushroom risotto and gastrique
Desserts
- Crème brûlée
- Mixed berry tart
Nino's
7512 Bluebonnet Blvd.
$60 per person
Appetizers
- Soup of the day
- House or Caesar salad
- Olive and roasted red pepper tapenade served with whipped goat cheese and bread for dipping
- Cacio e pepe arancini served over goat cheese vodka cream
Entrées
- Pork, fennel, lemon ragù tossed with linguini and topped with fresh gremolata
- Sea bass al beurre blanc served over saffron risotto and topped with seasonal vegetables
Desserts
- Espresso panna cotta
- Red wine zabaglione, a classic Italian custard whipped with red wine, tossed with berries and served with chocolate-dipped ladyfingers