If you didn’t have time to partake in WNY Restaurant Week’s  feast of edible opportunities, the following restaurants have extended their $20.09  ’fixed-price’ menus through Wednesday, April 1st! 800 Maple, Ambrosia, Arriba Tortilla, Bacchus, Black & Blue Steak & Crab, Blackthorn, Blue Lantern (Elma), Burrito Bay, Buffalo Chophouse, Byblos, BWs BBQ, Caffe Aroma, Café Banchetti, Cameo’s, Carmine’s, Chanderson’s Steakhouse, Charlie the Butcher, Chow Chocolat, Cozumel, Creekview, D’Archy McGees, Deerhead, Desperadoes BBQ, DiGiullio & Company, Fiamma, Fireside Inn (Lancaster), Frog Hair, Grille 620, Havana House, Hutch’s, JP Bullfeathers, La Dolce Vita, La Scala, Laughlins, Le Metro, Max’s – 2 locations, Mode, Mr. Bill’s, Muse, Nektar, North, O’Briens (Eden), O’Connell’s, Oliver’s, Pettibones, Prime 490, Protocol, Rick’s on Main, Ristorante Lombardo, Rizzo’s Casa D’Italia, Romanello’s South, Salvatore’s, Scotch-n-Sirloin, Siena, Sole, Sea Bar (Wmsvl & Buffal0), Shango, Statler Erie Room, Sushi Nagasaki, Tabree, Tandoori, Tempo, The Chocolate Bar, The Eagle House, The Irishman, The Grill at the Dome, The Roycroft, Tina’s, Trattoria Aroma, and Uncle Joe’s Diner.  For additional info on venues & menus, visit http://www.localrestaurantweek.com/.  Don’t forget to BOOK RESERVATIONS!

 The Buffalo Chophouse is extending its fixed price menu thru April 2nd, thanks to WNY Restaurant Week and the positive press it’s generated for the grandiose steak & seafood establishment.  If you book a reservation by Sunday, March 29th, the Chophouse will offer any of the four dinner courses from its fixed price menu for $20.09 (excluding tax & tip). Steak lovers know a good bargain when they taste one. Where else can you find a quality 8 oz filet served with a side of steamed broccoli & mashed Yukon gold potatoes for $20.09?  (The Buffalo Chophouse, 282 Franklin Street, Buffalo, 842.6900).

Art Work by Bill Gian

Internationally acclaimed artist Bill Gian has teamed with Chow Chocolat (731 Main Street, Buffalo, 843-4388) to premier his new portfolio of work from March 26 – April 23, 2009. The show will travel to Denmark after its Buffalo debut. Gian will perform a live action painting created with fresh chocolate made by Chow Chocolat at the artist reception on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 6-9 p.m. Proceeds from the sale of the chocolate painting will benefit a local non-profit organization.

Gian’a creations have been represented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, The New York Museum of American Folk Art, The Denver Art Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and galleries in Zurich, Caracas, New York, Los Angeles and Denver.