Elmwood Park is like an endless buffet of food choices. There’s something for everyone and you probably haven’t tried everything yet. Here’s your chance. The village is sponsoring Dine-In restaurant week throughout Elmwood Park, Feb. 6-15.
“People come from all over the region every year to taste the great cuisine in Elmwood Park,” Village President Angelo “Skip” Saviano said.
Participating restaurants will offer special deals, prix fix meals and more. All you have to do is mention their Dine-In promotion and you are in on it.
In the heart of Elmwood Park there are many options.
• Circle Tavern at 18 W. Conti Parkway is serving up half-priced appetizers with the order of any of their famous smashburgers or pizza.
• Are you Eggsperience‘d? At 16 W. Conti Parkway, get your mind around $12 tres leches French toast or others options for the same price.
• Pompei, 22 Conti Parkway, is celebrating: a $25 prix fix lunch that comes with two courses and a dessert or a $40 dinner with three courses and dessert. Cheesy garlic bread, meatballs, fried calamari, lasagna, rigatoni vodka, cannoli, tiramisu, the list goes on.
• Steps from the circle at 7707 Westwood Drive, Union Tap’s meal deal for $20 is soup or chili; with a burger, sandwich or pizza; and cheesecake to polish it off.
• Culver’s, 7542 W. Grand Avenue, is offering $2 off any value basket, dinner or salad.
• Down the street at Tacos 2 Go at 7530 W. Grand Avenue when you purchase a dinner item, get a free appetizer. At lunch, buy one get half off a second two taco meal.
• Blocks away at Shea’s, 7841 W. Grand Avenue, lunchtime it’s a $10 burger and fries. For dinner there are two specials one for $15 or another at $23.
• Russell’s Barbecue at 1621 N. Thatcher is giving a free drink at lunchtime or dinner with a purchase from their Dine-In delicacies: BBQ beef, pork or cod at lunch; dinner is baby back ribs, smoked meat combo or breaded shrimp.
Cruise down North Avenue for more specials and specialties.
• Jim & Pete’s, 7806 W. North, is gifting $10 gift cards with any purchase over $50.
• Armand’s has a $9 pizza lunch and a $12 dinner at 7650 W. North Ave.
• For those old enough, Gringo & Blondie at 7514 W. North Ave. is selling $3 Tecate beer and a $16 burrito plate.
• Next door at 7512 W. North Ave., Burger Moovment offers burager/fries/drink for $12; shakes for $8; burger/fries/shake for $165.
• Two restaurants in the building at 7446 W. North Ave are in on it. Cilantro Taco Grill’s burrito or torta with chips & salsa and agua fresca and a churro cost $11. Spizzico’s lunch special is $9 on select sandwiches with fries and drink. Dinner specials are $45 for a 14” one-topping pizza, 12 wings, salad and a liter of soda.
• In the strip mall at 7230 W. North Ave. The Great American Bagel rounds up with a free small coffee with any breakfast sandwich and buy 3 bagels get 3 free. Old Word Pizza’s got a lunch special for $24.99: large salad and a slice of cheesecake, also a buy one pasta, get one half-off.
• On famed Restaurant Row, New Star, 7444 W. North Ave.is offering a $17 dine-in only menu. Feast on your choice of listed entrees, chicken fried rice and eggroll or crab Rangoon.
• At 7438 W. North both Red Bottle Bar & Grill, with combos for $20, and Blue Fire, with a $50 three course meal for one or an $80 three course meal and wine pairing for two, are meal dealing.
• And at Massa, 7434 W. North Ave., get a pasta and half salad for $20; classico panzerotti and a Pepsi for $10; eggplant classic and soup for $20 and more.
• Donny G’s, 7308 W. North Ave.,has a classy $45 four course dinner including: appetizer; soup or salad; dinner choices of ravioli, chicken piccata, rigatoni, grilled salmon or whitefish; dessert.
No one will be disappointed by the dining options in Elmwood Park,» Saviano said. “Whether you’re looking for a great smash burger at the bar, or Shrimp Scampi on a white tablecloth, we have something for everyone.”
