Restaurant Week is Back

Good news for your stomachs and bad news for your wallets, everyone. Restaurant Week (or so we’re told it’s now called Dine Out Boston) is back from March 6-11 and then from March 13-18, for those of you staying in town for spring break. Yes, that’s right– it’s the return of that special time of year when you pretend to live a luxurious life because you can (sort of) afford a multi-course meal. Based on the restaurant’s discretion, lunches are $15, $20, or $25 and dinners are $28, $33, or $38. To save you some precious time during midterm season (or maybe you want to engage in self-sabotaging behavior and are looking for any and all means of procrastination), Flyby has put together some highlights from the list of participating restaurants.

For those looking to up their food Instagram game
The Met Back Bay (L: $20, D: $33)
For everyone who loves Instagram and food Instagram accounts (I mean, what else do you do when it’s 2 a.m., you want to procrastinate but are also hungry, and Brain Break only offers Raisin Bran aka yuck) as much as I do, you’ve probably seen so many ‘grams of brunches from this place. Take a nice aerial picture of your food, pick the right #filters, location tag it, and maybe you’ll become Instagram famous. Probably not, but at least you had a nice meal.

For those going on a date (lucky you)
Bacco (D: $33)
Bacco’s own website boasts that critics have called it “one of the most romantic restaurants in Boston,” so we’ll take it. But actually, this place is two floors and has tall windows that give a nice view out onto the street– combine that with pasta and dim lighting and that sounds like romance to us.

Haru (L: $25, D: $38)
Sushi is always a date-friendly food, right? Plus, the Dine Out Boston menu boasts fish tacos and mochi ice cream so that’s an A+ in our book.

For those who are too lazy to take the T
Beat Brasserie (L: $25, D: $38)
You probably see signs to this restaurant as you walk past The Gap. The food is American and International cuisine, there’s live music playing many nights, and they even boast a wine tap system. Sounds trendy enough to us.

Harvest (L: $25, D: $33)
Not just for when your parents are in town! It boasts New England cuisine, plus it’s really cute that it’s basically hidden between Anthropologie and Ann Taylor.

P.S. Apparently, they’re having an Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter contest where you could win a $100 gift certificate to one of the participating restaurants in the upcoming winter Dine Out Boston if you #DineOutBoston and get the most likes.