I really hope you haven't put off doing Restaurant Week until today. I hope you've enjoyed at least one menu item already and helped out Big Brothers Big Sisters in the process.
But in case you have put it off, know that it's not too late. You still have Friday evening and you just might be out at one of the participating restaurants anyway, so if that's the case then order the Restaurant Week choice. Then on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there's the Restaurant Week Festival at Knox Hall in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. Tickets for the catered lunchtime party are $10 and kids get in free.
It's cool to see the different ways restaurants are particiapting in Restaurant Week this week. Some places have specific menu items, like Vitek's Sweet Potato Spud Pak, while others are offering customers a deal along with the designated portion of the check that goes to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
In Schmaltz's case, almost the entire sandwich menu is in play. Schmaltz's is offering any sandwich on jalapeño cheese bread. They're making a special batch of the bread all week just for the event. That's awesome.
I hope you're enjoying Restaurant Week as much as I am. There are some great menu choices out there and it's a perfect chance to have fun and help out a great organization as $2 from every check goes to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
On Tuesday evening, I dined with event organizer Summer Shine and some other nice folks at Poppa Rollo's. The pizza joint is going to give you $2 off a large pizza AND give $2 from the check to Restaurant Week. They're all in and you should be too.
Whoa, I had to think about that headline for too long. It just occurred to me that pepper jack cheesesteak could be anywhere from two to four words. As far as I can tell, the correct answer to this quandry is three words.
Anyway, no matter how you want to break it up, think about taking down a WiseGuys pepper jack cheesesteak, one of the many menu items being offerd up by local eateries for Restaurant Week this week.
Restaurant Week began today, so my first priority was to get to Vitek's and order their featured menu item: the Sweet Potato Spud Pak.
If you don't do another thing for Restaurant Week, you should at least treat yourself to this. If you dig a Vitek's Gut Pak, just imagine a Gut Pak on a sweet potato. I can't sell it any better than that. With a large bottle of Coke, it cost me $11.04. If I spend a better $11 today, I'll be a double-happy man.
Did you know we have an iPhone app?
It's been a while since we mentioned it on the blog and in that time I would imagine that some of you have found us on the internet and some of you have acquired iPhones. So go to the app store and download the WacoFork app. It's free, so it won't cost you anything but about 45 seconds of your time.
We're rolling out a new feature we think is going to be a big hit for both restaurants and our users: Fork Deals is here!
WiseGuys has our inaugural coupon on the page, but we will be adding more very soon. Check it out here and keep checking back for new ones. We'll also give a shout out on Twitter when we have new coupons.
Oh, and one more thing: using the coupons will help participating restaurants know that advertising on our site is working. So if you dig what we're doing, then take advantage of the offers on Fork Deals.
We've reached the final day of Christmas Carol trivia questions. Congratulations to everyone who has won thus far, including Toph Whisnant, who won for the second time by providing Monday's correct answer: "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.
If you're reading this blog, you should attempt to answer today's trivia question, whether you think you have a good answer or not, whether you think it's in time to win or not. Because all of the guesses go into the hat and we will draw tomorrow for a $50 gift card to the restaurant of the winner's choice.
Ok, here we go with the last two days of the 12 Days of Chirstmas Carol trivia game.
Congratulations to Kristen Fisher, our first multiple-prize winner. She correctly gave the answer Paul McCartney singing "Wonderful Christmastime."
We're up to double digits in the 12 Days of Christmas Carols trivia extravaganza (I don't know if it qualifies as an extravaganza, but let's just go with that). We will take the weekend off and come back with the last two days and the special end-of-contest drawing next week.
Congratulations to Joel Williams, who knew right away that we were looking for Winter Wonderland as performed by Jason Mraz on Thursday.
