Thursday, February 10th, 2011

While it is next to impossible to get a seat in the tents for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week shows that officially begin today, there are many ways to participate in and around Lincoln Center.

• The Lincoln Square Business Improvement has arranged a special dining promotion, Fashion Plate Prix Fixe, featuring 20 Lincoln Center-area restaurants offering prix fixe lunches, dinners and/or brunches during Fashion Week (February 10th through February 17th).  Some of the restaurants participating in the promotion, which is open to the public, have elected to create playfully-themed menus with a nod to the world of style.  Click through to check out a list of participating restaurants and their prix fixe deals, check for window signs indicating participants, and check with the restaurants in advance for any additional restrictions.

• Right next to the tents, the Empire Hotel (63rd between Broadway and Columbus) is helping celebrate Fashion Week with a delicious fashion-themed cocktail menu.  Special drinks include: Rebecca’s Royal Empire, a drink in honor of the Empire’s Fashion Week partner Rebecca Taylor featuring a mix of St. Germain and Raspberry Massenier, garnished with a sugared raspberry; Clutch Me if You Can, spicing it up with jalapeno-infused tequila, fresh lime, agave syrup, Cointreau and a chili pepper salt rim; Don’t Feed The Models, ade with organic cucumber vodka and sweet mint (to save calories, of course); and Thanks, It’s Vintage, a sophisticated combination of bourbon, sweet vermouth, molasses, cherry bitters and bourbon soaked apple slices.  Enjoy these or other specialty cocktails through the month of February for $15 each.

• If you are an American Express card holder dying to hit up a fashion show, you can still buy tickets for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Fashion Show, taking place tonight.  This first-ever runway show, featuring current trends from past winners and nominees of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, is a unique experience that brings together top designers such as Joseph Altuzarra, Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung and Derek Lam, among others.  The event will feature a surprise notable host and take place at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center’s FW headquarters near 62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam.  Proceeds from the event will be in addition to American Express’s annual $250,000 donation to the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF), a program of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).  Check out event details and buy tickets at the event website.

Lincoln Square Fashion Plate Prix Fixe Participants

A Voce, Time Warner Center, 212.823.2523
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $29, Monday – Friday only

Arpeggio Food & Wine, 65th and Broadway, 212.875.0203
Three Course Prix Fixe Dinner, $42

Atlantic Grill, 64th between Broadway and Central Park West, 212.787.4663
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.07, Monday – Friday only, excluding Valentine’s Day

Bar Boulud, Broadway between 63rd and 64th, 212.595.0303
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $29, Monday – Friday only

Café Fiorello, Broadway between 63rd and 64th, 212.595.5330
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.07

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Time Warner Center, 212.258.9595
Prix Fixe Dinner, $36

Gabriel’s, 60th near Broadway, 212.956.4600
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.07

Il Violino, Columbus and 68th, 212.873.2500
Prix Fixe Lunch, $19; Dinner, $35; Brunch, $14.95

Jalapeño, Columbus between 68th and 69th, 212.877.7800
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $20.11

Josephina, Broadway between 63rd and 64th, 212.799.1000
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.11; Dinner, $35.11

La Boite en Bois, 68th and Columbus, 212.874.2705
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $24

Lansky’s, Columbus between 70th and 71st, 212.787.0400
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $20.11

Luce Restaurant & Enoteca, Broadway between 68th and 69th, 212.724.1400
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch or Dinner, $35.99

Nanoosh, Broadway between 68th and 69th, 212.362.7922
Prix Fixe Lunch or Dinner, $15

Picholine, 64th between Broadway and Central Park West, 212.724.8585
Four Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $42, Monday – Saturday only

Rosa Mexicano, Columbus and 62nd, 212.977.7700
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.07; Dinner, $35, not available on Valentine’s Day

Sapphire Indian Cuisine, Broadway between 60th and 61st, 212.245.4444
Lunch Buffet, $14.95; Prix Fixe Dinner, $35

Shun Lee West, 65th between Broadway and Central Park West, 212.595.8895
Prix Fixe Lunch, $24.08

Sushi a-go-go, Broadway between 63rd and 64th, 212.724.7340
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $20.11

Telepan, 69th between Columbus and Central Park West, 212.580.4300
Three Course Prix Fixe Lunch, $24, Wednesday – Friday only

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