Detroit Restaurant Week offers tasty meals at great prices

(WXYZ) - Detroit Restaurant Week returns Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 29 for spring.

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Twenty-one of Detroit’s finest restaurants will once again offer specially-priced three-course dinners for only $28 per person.

 

The restaurants participating are:

24Grille– Westin Book Cadillac Detroit

Andiamo Detroit Riverfront– GM Ren Cen

Angelina Italian Bistro – Downtown

Atlas Global Bistro– Midtown

Caucus Club – Penobscot Building

Cliff Bell’s– Downtown

Coach Insignia– GM Ren Cen

Cuisine– New Center

Da Edoardo Foxtown Grille– Foxtown

Detroit Seafood Market– Paradise Valley

Fountain Bistro– Campus Martius Park

Iridescence– MotorCity Casino-Hotel

La Dolce Vita – Palmer Woods District

Mosaic Restaurant– Greektown

Opus One– Downtown

Rattlesnake Club– Stroh River Place

Roast– Westin Book Cadillac Detroit

Roma Cafe– Eastern Market

Saltwater– MGM Grand Detroit

The Whitney– Midtown

Wolfgang Puck Grille– MGM Grand Detroit

 

Detroit Restaurant Week is sponsored once again by Quicken Loans and the Downtown Detroit Partnership.

Visit www.DetroitRestaurantWeek.com for the latest updates about menus, upcoming events, and to sign-up for the exclusive Detroit Restaurant Week e-newsletter.

 

RECIPE: Pan seared Alaskan Halibut w/ wild mushroom gnocchi and peperonata sauce

                6oz piece of Alaskan Halibut

                Gnocchi

                4oz homemade potato gnocchi

                2oz sliced wild mushrooms

                1 tsp minced garlic

                1 Tbs sliced shallots

                2oz olive oil

                2oz unsalted butter

                Kosher salt & ground black pepper to taste

 

                Peperonata Sauce

                1 Tbs minced garlic

                1 Tbs minced shallots

                1 Tbs finely diced red pepper

                4oz white wine

                2oz unsalted butter

                Chopped parsley - garnish

 

Directions:

Heat oil in saute pan until it’s lightly smoking

Add halibut to oil and cook 4-5 minutes until golden brown, then flip

Meanwhile, boil gnocchi 3-4 minutes, then add to hot pan next to halibut

Add wild mushrooms, garlic, shallots, then season with salt and pepper

Once gnocchi begins to brown, mix together, and add butter

Remove gnocchi and mushroom mix, place on plate/bowl, add fish on top

 

In hot pan, add shallots, garlic and red pepper, saute lightly

Deglaze with white wine and add remaining butter to form sauce

Drizzle sauce on fish