Chicago Restaurant Week 2024

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1	Notes
2	Disclaimer	I am one person doing this with my own methodology. I do my absolute best, but I assume no responsibility for the accuracy of these savings or how much money you end up saving or overspending if you decide to dine with a restaurant week menu. Please check with each restaurant before you dine to confirm the details.
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6	Example calculation
7	Onion soup fondue or wedge salad or tuna crudo or crab cake risotto or salmon or chicken strawberry cheesecake or sticky toffee pudding	Onion soup fondue = $12, Wedge salad = $14, tuna crudo = $21, crab cake =$23 Risotto = $20, blackened salmon = $40, roasted chicken = $37 Strawberry cheesecake = $14, Sticky toffee pudding = $15 Min cost = 12+20+14 Max cost = 23+40+15
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10	Assumption	Explanation
11	Min cost	Lowest cost option in each course added together
12	Max cost	Highest cost options in each course added together
13	Difference	Total range of potential cost savings
14	Exact matches	When possible, I tried to go with the exact dish offered. However, there were some situations where this wasn't possible, and I made a judgment call about another dish on the menu that looked close enough to the original dish and might have the same price point
15	Tax/Tip/Drinks	Excluded this year, it's a constant factor and doesn't really change the base of how much you're saving
16	Neighborhoods	Every Chicago neighborhood is included -- I am not going to the suburbs, those restaurants are not included
17	Cuisine Type	Copied what Choose Chicago says -- apologies if they're wrong, I'm just the messenger
18	Portion Sizes	I have no idea if restaurants are changing portions for RW if they don't note it. If they noted a smaller size, I tried to scale down the price proportionally (i.e. 4 oz filet vs 10 oz).
19	Allergens	Copied what Choose Chicago says -- apologies if they're wrong and please check with the restaurant before consuming food
20	Dessert fill in	If there weren't prices for desserts or they weren't listed on the menu, I gave a dessert $10 of expected value
21	Salad fill in	If there weren't prices for salads or they weren't listed on the menu, I gave a salad $12 of expected value. If there were other salads, I matched the middle of those prices
22	Items not on menu	If an entire non-dessert course was missing and I couldn't find any close subsitutes, or the base of the dish wasn't on a menu, a menu got this tag. Examples: "lamb or chicken or cauliflower" if there is not a lamb, a chicken, or cauliflower on the menu, the menu got the items not on menu tag
23	Missing items	Sometimes only one or two options per course were listed on the menu. In these cases, I used the only option for both the min and max case
24	Breakeven	A deal is a brekeven if your min and max cost is between -$5 and $5
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