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Eating in: Flaming Grill and Modern Buffet co-owner Chen served lunch to
the beep following the announcement. Photo by Trey Pentecost
A feast fit for Kings!
By Aidan Graham
It’s a taste of Brooklyn — and
beyond!
Restaurants across Kings County and
other outer-borough eateries will serve
up budget-friendly, three-course meals
to customers as part of a unique dining
campaign kicking off on March 18.
The Dine the Boroughs event will
feature Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx
restaurateurs plating a variety of unique
cuisines, giving locals an affordable
opportunity to step outside their neighborhood
— and their culinary comfort
zone, according to the beep.
“If you are used to Caribbean meals,
then go inside an Italian restaurant, or
an Asian restaurant. That’s what we’re
really encouraging,” Borough President
Adams said at a Tuesday press conference
ahead of the event. “It’s great for business,
and it’s great to learn something
new.”
All of the roughly 200 participating
restaurants in Brooklyn, Queens, and the
Bronx will offer special prix-fixe menus
priced at $28 per person throughout
the event, which concludes on March
29. All eateries’ prix-fixe menus will
include three courses, with most allowing
patrons to choose an appetizer, and
entree, and a dessert.
The number of participating restaurants
is a reminder that some of the city’s
most mouth-watering food is served outside
the confines of the distant isle of
Manhattan, where all but a few eateries
in the annual New York City Restaurant
Week are located, according to Adams.
“Good food doesn’t stop at the Manhattan
Bridge. There’s good food all around
New York City,” the beep said.
One local restaurateur whose Sheepshead
Bay eatery is among the Brooklyn
spots participating in Dine the Boroughs
praised the event as a way to introduce
his establishment to new customers from
his neighborhood and further afield.
“This is our first time doing an event
like this. I think it will definitely help get
our name out there, and get the word
out,” said John Chen, whose Flaming
Grill and Modern Buffet at 3841 Nostrand
Ave. serves up sushi and other cuisines.
“It will definitely help us serve the
community a little better.”
The full list of participating restaurants
will be posted at www.dinetheboroughs.
com ahead of the event’s March 18
kickoff. Join the Dine the Boroughs experience,
presented by the Whitmore Group
and co-sponsored by Schneps Media, by
following along on social media using
the hashtag #dinetheboros.
Ready to dine: Borough President Adams joined Flaming Grill and Modern
Buffet owners John Chen, center right, and Lian Chent, far right, to announce
the upcoming Dine the Boroughs event at Borough Hall on Tuesday.
Photo by Trey Pentecost
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