Summer Dining Deals

It’s too hot to cook indoors and area restaurants are offering some tempting specials that make it worth your while to eat out. Here’s a sampling of a few ways to economize and enjoy:

Eastchester Fish Gourmet on Post Road in Scarsdale is serving fresh seafood at attractive prices. On Monday nights, a 1 1/2 pound steamed Maine lobster with a baked potato and coleslaw is just $26.95. And on Thursday nights, all oysters, clams and shrimp cocktail are available for only $1 each. We recently enjoyed a dozen jumbo chilled shrimp for just $12. Also don't miss their summer special lobster cobb salad, that includes steamed lobster in the shell over greens, bacon tomatos and more.

At Harry’s of Hartsdale, a three-course prix fixe menu is available for $24 every Sunday through Tuesday. Start with a choice of escargot, the soup of the day or Caesar salad. For entrees, there’s wild Atlantic salmon in a ginger pecan crust, or cheese ravioli and for dessert they are serving cheesecake and chocolate ganache cake. On Wednesday nights, pay with cash and save 10% on the tab. With outdoor seating on the sidewalk, Harry’s is a great place to sit on a summer night.

Cool and tastefully decorated, Caffé Azzurri on Central Avenue has a great mid-week menu. From Sunday through Wednesday night they feature an extensive prix-fixe menu for just $25 per person. Salads, pasta, seafood, chicken or veal are all available and you can’t beat the elegant setting or the price. On Wednesday nights, drinks for ladies are half price at the bar and on Thursday and Friday nights Caffe Azzurri invites you to happy hour with half priced drinks and appetizers in the bar and lounge.

At the newly opened 808 Bistro at 808 Scarsdale Avenue, sit at the bar Sunday through Wednesday nights and enjoy appetizers, pastas and drinks, all at half price. Their cocktail list includes flavored martinis and mojitos that are even more tempting at half the price.

Farther afield is Cafe Mirage in Port Chester where you can sit outside and enjoy reasonably priced drinks, appetizers,and dinner. Try their pan-fried oysters, fish tacos, witih tilapia or tuna, duck quesadilla or soft shell crabs.  We recently had  dinner for four at just $25 a head.

Ebb Tide Seafood in Port Chester is closed! In previous years they served chowder, lobster, clams, shrimp or scallops at picnic tables out on the dock. We hope they will reopen soon.

Many more discounts are available at NYdineforless.com where you can purchase coupons for discounted meals at many of Westchester’s finest restaurants. Look for their ad at the top of the home page of Scarsdale10583 or click here to learn more.