NYC Restaurant Week's winter 2026 edition runs January 20 through February 12, per NYC Tourism + Conventions, with three prix fixe tiers — $30, $45 and $60 — across hundreds of restaurants in all five boroughs. Anyone in town this week can still book: the program sits inside NYC Winter Outing, which pairs it with Broadway Week's 2-for-1 tickets, Must-See Week attraction deals and Off-Broadway Week.
Standard reporting on a publicly listed program, not a dining recommendation; participation and menus vary restaurant by restaurant, and prices are before tax, tip and any supplements.
What does the prix fixe actually buy?
Per the program's posted structure, each participating restaurant chooses a tier and a meal period. In past editions the lower tiers covered lunch and the higher tiers unlocked dinner at bigger names, with some kitchens adding supplements for premium dishes. The honest way to use it: pick the neighborhood first, then the tier — a $30 lunch near the museum you already planned, or a $60 dinner two blocks from the show you already booked.
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Why bundle Restaurant Week with Broadway Week?
Because the geography works. Broadway Week's 2-for-1 ticket offers, also running under the Winter Outing banner through the winter program window, put the Theater District within a pre-theater dinner of the Restaurant Week map. The Theater District's dining row exists for exactly this night: early seating, show, late slice. Per the program's posted structure, the Broadway Week 2-for-1 offers run on their own dated window inside the Winter Outing banner, so the two deals do not automatically share every day — check both dates before locking the evening.
How do you actually get a table?
Reservations run through each restaurant and the usual booking platforms; the official program page lists participants and dates. Mid-week lunches are the softest seats in the program. Weekend dinners at marquee names book out first — some weeks in advance — so a February 4 planning window still leaves plenty of February 9-12 tables open.
The winter program ends February 12. Per NYC Tourism + Conventions, the summer edition follows later in the year; the organization's calendar is the source of record for exact dates and the participant list, both of which shift until the lineup is final.