Hey, let's take some calls.

800, 321.0-710 is the number.

Let's go to Dave in Chicago.

Dave, how you doing?

Good morning, Mark.

I'm doing very well, thank you.

Mark, a question in regard to Restaurant Week in New York.

The restaurants that participate, do they see a significant return in their promotion with new customers and how do they decide

which menus to showcase well that's a good question yeah they have restaurant week restaurants

hate this i mean the lesser known ones it can be good publicity but the big restaurants can't

stand this they're packed anyway and most of what you get for Restaurant Week are these yokels who never go to these restaurants, and they all show up like on a truck, like the Beverly Hillbillies. No, actually, it's mostly people. They come in from the suburbs. They come in a day. They're never going to La Bernardine. They're never going to the great restaurants. They're just not

interested. It's not for them. Uh, so restaurant week at $25 for lunch. And now, it's not the

regular menu. You know, like when you go New Year's Eve, it's not the regular menu. They put out a

restaurant week menu. It's like five entrees that can make cheap that are easy to make and the really great

restaurants if you call them up i've had this happen in them so like if it's restaurant week you call up

to make a reservation and you go hey uh you may not want to come this week what do you mean it's restaurant

week oh yeah it's crowded with all these so they're like the regular customers avoid the place on

restaurant week.

It's overrun with, it's like a matinee day.

It's like, it's not like the main theater going crowd.

It's, it's different.

So if you don't, you normally go out, it's a good chance to try.

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