By Magen Petit
Staff Columnist
YORK COUNTY –
It’s a new year – and hopefully a better one at an economic standpoint – and with that comes many specials and discounts at numerous local restaurants.
With the recession, sales were way below what they were expected to be at during the holiday season. That’s why many restaurants in the area are opting to give generous discounts so as to create a flow of people coming through their doors.
One local restaurant, The Front Porch, is doing a special such as “cloud 9 nights” where five homemade entrées go for $9.99 and at another, Katie’s, every Thursday, Friday, and Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. there is a “four for forty four” where you not only get four courses off the normal menu, you can get it twice and you get two salads, two soups, two entrées and two desserts for $44 per couple.
With weekly culinary delights at Five-O, they have their Monday night G-7 special where entrées are just $7.
Other restaurants feature a different special on different nights of the week, such as Prime Steakhouse, which features half off Fridays where you can buy one entrée and get the second one 50 percent off or they feature Wednesday basics where a 10 ounce prime rib or steamed lobster goes for just $9.99.
Another Ogunquit-based restaurant, Angelina’s, offers three-course dinners for just $18 on Wednesday and Sunday nights or Thursday night is personal wine dinner for just $55 per couple. This deal also includes a bottle of wine of your choice.
Many restaurants also do coupons like Warren’s Lobster House, located in Kittery, that are $10 off two dinner entrées from Sunday through Friday.
Some restaurants like York Harbor Inn, host beer tasting dinners. This Saturday, January 10, YHI will feature beers of Maine’s own Allagash Brewing Company. This dinner is only $49.95 per person.
These are just a few restaurants that are having such specials to reel people in and hopefully alleviate any pain caused by the economic hardship people are facing. Be sure to look through this week’s dining guide for more specials and discounts at your favorite restaurant.
