Restaurant Week set ‘to go’

New York City’s Restaurant Week is back — but this time no reservations are required.

The popular, decades-old promotion that lets people try out fancy restaurants at a moderate cost is relaunching after a lull as a takeout-only program.

Restaurant Week To Go, as it’s being dubbed, will kick run Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, with participating restaurants offering lunch or dinner with one side dish for $20.21, the city’s tourism bureau, NYC & Company, said on Wednesday.

The service marks a resumption of the semi-annual program after it was cancelled last summer for the first time in 29 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 100 eateries have signed up for Restaurant Week To Go, including Bar Boulud, RedFarm, Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe, the agency said.

Others are expected to join.

To entice more to sign up, the tourism bureau has waived the hefty fee to participate, said NYC & Company spokesman Chris Heywood, declining to disclose the fee.

“But it’s not as easy to get restaurants to sign up now,” Heywood said. “Some are not doing takeout or are temporarily closed right now.”

MasterCard is sponsoring the program and providing diners who sign up for Restaurant Week with a $10 rebate for all orders. Delivery fees and gratuities are extra.

Last year, some 350 eateries took part in the winter program. Participating restaurants charged $26 for a prixfixe lunch and $42 for a prixfixe dinner. But with indoor dining off-limits due to the coronavirus, diners will be tasting new menus at home instead of in the dining rooms of eateries like Aureole, Benjamin Steakhouse Prime or Scarpetta, which have all participated in past Restaurant Weeks.