How Do You Make Restaurant Week Work for More Chefs?

On one of my first nights out this spring, I settled into a restaurant booth with friends as our server plunked down a pile of menus. Among them was a Restaurant Week menu offering four courses and a drink for $39. I’d seen Restaurant Week announcements pop up on again on social media (many cities pushed the event from winter to spring as restaurants slowly reopened), but it was my first visit to a dining room in more than...