Restaurant week's a keeper

Good news... Restaurant week will return in February. Details will come later.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/BIZ01/709220343/1076/BIZ
I talked to Harry Stephens of Bella Luna, who brought the idea of restaurant week to the GCI group, along with Jimmy Duane of Jimmy D's, Shannon Purkiss of Tavern Restaurant Group and Shawn McCoy of Brown Dog Cafe. They all reported noticeable increases in covers (number of diners, a term that I learned from Harry in doing this article) and revenue.
I didn't get Shawn's comments in the paper, but he said that restaurant week went so well that they couldn't get everyone in! (They only have 17 tables, he says.)
I only made it out one night of restaurant week, but Harry told me that he had a group of new customers who had been to four new places that week. Wow!