Dine Downtown is an appetizing hit

We just got word from the San Jose Downtown Association that the inaugural Dine Downtown event in San Jose is a huge success. The event goes through Saturday, June13, making this the last weekend to sample some of the best food Downtown has to offer. For a complete menu guide to the three-course prix fixe dinners, go here.

Here's what some of the restaurants are saying about this amazing epicurean event:

Morocco's – Sham and Jay
Dine Downtown has been a blessing for our operation and we both are so thankful for it. From the bite kick off and the amazing traffic it generated. So many downtowners were so surprised to find out about us and that we have been around for 1 year. This event has allowed Morocco's to be advertised at levels that we just can not afford. Thank you once again for this great event.

Downtown Britannia Arms - Margaret
We didn't do as much at weekend as we did during the week. But still good.

Paolo’s - Carolyn
Seems that the promotion is going well although I have to say it is harder to gauge last week since there was a speaker at the CPA on Thursday and Bocelli at the Arena on Saturday which made those nights huge and may skew the stats a bit. This week may be more of a true indicator.

Inside The Grill on the Alley, by Chris Schmauch

The Grill - John
Over the weekend, they served more than 100 prix fixe dinners. They had a good turn out for the city bites which they served in their bar area. A lot of people asked for their menus. Overall the promotion is going well.

Mortons - Frances
They have served more than 100 prix fixe dinners so far.

Billy Berk’s - Brad
It's going very well for us, so far. I am thinking of how to do this year round.

PF Changs - Todd
They had a great weekend. On Sunday night, the manager talked to at least 10 tables that were there because of the promotion, and that was only during a short window of time.

Inside A.P. Stump's, by Chris Schmauch

AP Stumps - Shona
We have been very busy with restaurant week- which is great! They’ve had to alter their menu a little to keep up with the prix fixe orders and have already gone thru 100 customer surveys.

Fahrenheit - Eric
Its going great for us. We have seen a good 25% increase in food sales last week, with many tables per event coming in specifically for this program. We have done many programs with the downtown association over the past 4 years, and this has been the most successful by far.