DC Summer Restaurant Week kicks off next week

DC Restaurant Week kicking off next week

It has been a tough couple of years for local restaurants, but DC Mayor Muriel Bowser wants people to know DC is open for business. Next week's Restaurant Week is the perfect opportunity to try out some new places!

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - D.C’s Summer Restaurant Week kicks off on Monday and runs through August 21. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that more than 160 restaurants will take part in the week devoted to showing off the district’s various dining options.

"We are grateful to have so much food and drink talent in our city, and Restaurant Week is a fantastic opportunity to support your favorites or to try something new," said Mayor Bowser in a news release.

Participating restaurants will offer lunch/brunch menus for $25 per person and dinner for $40 and $55 per person.

Fourteen new restaurants are participating this year, including Era Wine Bar, Dolce Vita, Donahue, Dovetail, Glassey, Harvest Tide Capitol Hill, Il Piatto, La Collina, Lupo Verde, Moon Rabbit, Rania, Scarlet Oak, The Henri and Zoca Capitol Hill.

National Oyster Weekend

National Oyster Day is tomorrow and this weekend is a big oyster festival. Alex Johnston from Harris Creek Oysters and Christine O'Flanagan from the Salt Line gave us a sneak peak at how oysters are harvested and planted and what we can do with them at home.

Other noteworthy restaurants participating include:

- 1789 Restaurant

- Agora

- Alero

- Ambar

- CHIKO Dupont

- China Chilcano

- Dauphine's

- Duke's Grocery

- El Centro

- Farmer's and Distillers

- Filomena