Naperville Restaurant Week is back, with dozens of restaurants offering special deals and pre fixe menus.
Organized for the past 12 years by Dine Naperville, Restaurant Week starts Friday, Jan. 23, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 8.
Close to 50 restaurants have committed to participating but the number could end up being higher as new restaurants continue to sign up daily, according to Monica Conners, president of the Naperville Development Partnership, which oversees Dine Naperville. The last day for businesses to register is Jan. 22.
Over the two-week period, establishments taking part will provide prix fixe menus, daily discounts on featured menu items or a mix of both. Diners will find many longtime Restaurant Week participants as well as businesses new to the event, Conners said.
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Among the deals being offered is a $25 prix fixe lunch meal or a $38 prix fixe dinner meal at the newly opened Piccolo Buco, according to the Dine Naperville website. The White Sheep, which opened in April 2025, is offering daily discount deals in which patrons can receive a free coffee or specialty latte while Blackberry Market is offering a half salad and half sandwich combo for only $10.
Other new restaurants participating in Restaurant Week include Bombay Eats, Lennon’s and Shabu-Yo.
A handful of restaurants claim the title of participating in Naperville Restaurant Week every year since 2014, including Meson Sabika, Bottoms Up Sports Bar & Grill, CityGate Grille and Morton’s The Steakhouse.
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Restaurant Week is a “win, win, win” for businesses and consumers, according to Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association. January and February tend to be slower months for for those in the food business for reasons ranging from consumers slowing their spending following the holidays to people not leaving the house as much due to colder weather.
“We are the second largest private sector employer in this state, but it’s a hard industry and it’s an industry of pennies and nickels. Your profit/loss statement could be in a loss in January but by participating in Naperville Restaurant Week, you help yourself,” Toia said. “You’re happy to break even in January.”
The buzz around the special deals during the event helps bring in customers, and the more customers are seen dining in establishments, the more likely people are going to want to come in to those specific restaurants, Toia said.
“People attract people, and Restaurant Week attracts people … and that then is what ultimately gets people into our independent restaurants in Naperville,” he said.
According to Dine Naperville, its Restaurant Week website attracts 60,000 to 70,000 visitors, generating about 300,000 page views every year.
Naperville Restaurant Week also provides a little more flexibility for businesses to get involved compared to Restaurant Week in other places like Chicago, where participants must be partnered with Choose Chicago in order to take part.
“It’s a little more independent-friendly in Naperville,” Toia said. “Not that it’s not in Chicago, it is in Chicago too, but there are more guardrails on the Restaurant Week in Chicago than there are in Naperville, so it lets everyone participate in Naperville.”
There also are no registration fees or set price points restaurants must follow for the event, allowing restaurants to find offers that best fit their business model, according to Dine Naperville.
To view a full list of participating restaurants and offers, go to dinenaperville.com/naperville-restaurant-week.