The pricing mistake was mine. It was just brought to my attention this week (May 27), and I included a correction and apology in next week’s edition (June 4). You have my apology as well.

Sincerely,

Claire Cusick

I have been able to gather some feedback from restaurants while visiting and dining out to a few places myself (Frazier’s is a must!) and the event does seem to be gathering quite a lot of steam. The website hits alone are growing exponentially by the day so I want to extend a thank you to all who are supporting the event via participating/blogging/word-of-mouth etc. This is what is required to provide the foundation to approach the ‘powers that be’ to branch out and take the event to another level next year!

Please share your experiences whether it is good or bad and feel free to drop your comments/suggestions to info@TriRestaurantweek.com as we would love to hear from everyone.

Thanks again!

-TriangleBlvd

…Believe me, I would have loved to cover every media outlet for the event but everything has been done in-house (and virtually out of pocket!) through our new startup venture TriangleBlvd.com. I have no doubts that once everybody becomes educated and experiences what such an event has to offer, it will grow exponentially every year! So please share your experiences and spread the word so that we may enlighten the Triangle!

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Hello All,

I just wanted to provide a little information regarding the “Triangle’s” first Restaurant Week. Unfortunately an incredible amount of time and effort has gone into educating restaurants as to what Restaurant Week is as the majority of them have never heard of the event before. This has required a lot of time and focus walking the restaurants through the process and what is required. Given this factor, it was decided to concentrate the first event within the Raleigh areas as to not dilute and provide a sub-par event for what should be an exciting inaugural occasion for the Triangle.

I am literally on-call to provide assistance to the restaurants if need be and would have found it impossible to cover the Tri-area for an event that the majority are unfortunately unfamiliar with!

Triangle Blvd is responsible for initiating and co-ordinating the event; the DRA, GRCVB and DowntownRaleigh.com have served as media sponsors. With a successful event, we shall be able to approach and secure partnerships to take the event to another level while branching out to Durham & Chapel hill.

Next year, we plan to cover the entire Triangle; hopefully the restaurants will be better prepared for the event and notice the benefits for the community and themselves as patrons tend to try new restaurants in the area. However, this obviously depends on the involvement from the entire community.

Again – this year is a true pilot test for the Triangle, we’ll do our best to make this an annual event for the Triangle as this has become a fantastic annual event in other cities!

I hope this clarifies any other questions you may have but feel free to contact me personally if you have any other queries.

mason@triangleblvd.com

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Realize that most places limit their menus. They’re willing to give you a bargain, but they’re not willing to give you everything!

Someone really does love me.

Chad