26 REDS & A BOTTLE OF WINE

Today, Montag, opens Winter Restaurant Week 2006. Which, strangely, isn't a week but four days, followed by a short break and then five days (Jan 23 to 27 and Jan 30 to Feb 3). Lunch is $24.07 (24/7, get it?) and dinner is 35 bucks, which I guess, doesn't correspond to anything since no one is trying to build a stadium right now or get some ridiculous traffic jam going. Anyway. I reminded of all the press this summer about how chefs were having trouble turning a profit during restaurant week so they cut corners like a motherfucker. Which means that ain't rabbit. I can't find any of the articles on this online so just take my word for it. Or look yourself

PS - I guess someone is trying to build a stadium but no one is going to give a shit until the Nets get back into the playoffs.