Somewhat Cheap Eats 
July 26 - August 1, 2004 is Restaurant Week in Washington, DC. This means that you can eat at any of over 100 restaurants for $20.04 for lunch or $30.04 for dinner. What you get is a 3-course prix fixe lunch or dinner. It's put on by the The Washington, DC Convention and Tourism Corporation and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. Some of the fine restaurants participating are:

• 1789 Restaurant—Dinner
• Butterfield 9—Lunch/Dinner
• The Caucus Room—Lunch/Dinner
• DC Coast—Lunch/Dinner
• Galileo—Lunch/Dinner
• Georgia Brown's—Dinner
• Neyla—Dinner
• Poste Moderne Brasserie—Lunch/Dinner
• The Tabard Inn—Lunch/Dinner
• TenPenh—Lunch/Dinner
• Vidalia—Lunch/Dinner
• Yanyu Restaurant—Lunch/Dinner

I don't know about you, but some of those places have Entrees that start at more than $30.04. I think I'm going to find the time and get some good food in my belly. You should too!