It’s that time of year again–Seattle Restaurant Week is bringing some delicious deals to local restaurants around town for ten days this month, from Sunday, April 10 to Thursday, April 14, and Sunday, April 17 to Thursday, April 31.

Over 150 restaurants citywide will be offering three-course dinners for just $28 (sadly excluding weekends), and many will also be dishing up three-course lunches for $15.

There are 13 Queen Anne restaurants participating in Seattle Restaurant Week:

• Betty Restaurant & Bar
• Boat Street Cafe
• Canlis
• Crow Restaurant & Bar
• emmer&rye
• How to Cook a Wolf
• Paragon Restaurant & Bar
• Peso’s Kitchen and Lounge
• Ponti Seafood Grill
• Portage
• Ten Mercer
• The Melting Pot
• Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge

Search for participating restaurants by neighborhood or meal, or get menu details and reservation information from the Seattle Restaurant Week website.

A new restaurant/noodle house is coming to Lower Queen Anne, in the former Taco Del Mar space at 12 Mercer, in between Ten Mercer and The Melting Pot.

The building that used to house Taco Del Mar, which quietly closed its Queen Anne location back in November, has has its windows covered in brown paper for the past few months while preparations for its new tenants – Wanna Noodles – are being made.

The new restaurant, which will be opening in coming weeks, will have items in the $10 price range, will be open for lunch, dinner and drinks, and will be catered toward the casual walk-in crowd and families. Take out will also be available.

While we don’t know when exactly Wanna Noodles will be opening, it must be getting close because the owners are currently looking to fill a number of remaining staffing positions, including cooks, food prep and counter positions.

Wanna Noodles is holding a job fair at its new store tomorrow, Thursday, March 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those interested in applying for a job should send a resume to jobs@wannanoodle.com before attending the fair. For more information, check out this Craigslist ad, or contact management at jobs@wannanoodle.com.

Of the more than 100 restaurants featured in Seattle Restaurant Week, which runs through Thursday, October 28 (excluding Friday and Saturday), 13 can be found right here in Queen Anne.

Seattle Restaurant Week participants offer $25 three-course dinner meals and some offer $15 three-course lunch meals, Sunday through Thursday. Check out the options on the hill:

• Betty Restaurant and Bar
• Boat Street Cafe
• Bricco Della Regina Anna
• Crow Restaurant and Bar
• emmer&rye
• How to Cook a Wolf
• La Dolce Vita Ristorante
• Paragon Restaurant and Bar
• Peso’s Kitchen and Lounge
• Portage
• Sport Restaurant and Bar
• Ten Mercer
• Toulouse Petit

Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program is hosting its annual restaurant benefit, Dish Up Literacy, on Thursday. Eat at Ten Mercer in Queen Anne or 12 other Seattle restaurants, and 20 percent of the proceeds will support literacy programs for children in need.

According to Page Ahead, 61 percent of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for children.

Page Ahead operates on one simple and astounding fact: growing up in a house with books is the foremost predictor of academic success in childhood—and a child who succeeds in school will remain there. Page Ahead is dedicated to helping children in need succeed in school by developing strong reading skills.

Participating restaurants include:

• Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ (Ballard) *dinner only
• Hopvine Pub (Capitol Hill)
• Tutta Bella (Columbia City, South Lake Union, Stone Way, Issaquah)
• Carmelita (Greenwood) *dinner only
• Barrio Restaurant (Madison Park)
• Rusty Pelican Café (Wallingford)
• Casa d’Italia (Wedgwood)
• Fiddler’s Inn (Wedgwood)
• Ten Mercer (Queen Anne)
• Barrio (Bellevue)

The inaugural Seattle Restaurant Week in April was such a success, another one is planned for October.

Four Queen Anne restaurants were involved in the first week, including Betty, Canlis, Crow, emmer&rye, How to Cook a Wolf, Ponti Seafood Grill, Portage, Ten Mercer, Paragon, and Via Tribunali. This time around, organizers are turning to Seattle residents to find out what restaurants they’d like to see on the list. Offer up suggestions via Twitter (@SeattleRW) or look for them on Facebook. Each restaurant submitted will be contacted to join in the 10-day foodie celebration.

The second Seattle Restaurant Week, from October 17 to 28, will offer the same deals as the first–a $25 three-course dinner menu and optional $15 three-course lunch menu, Sunday through Thursday.

The inaugural Seattle Restaurant Week, described by organizers as “the biggest celebration of dining out that our region has ever experienced,” is kicking off this Sunday, April 18 when 106 of the best restaurants across town will offer 3-course dinners for $25 Sunday-Thursday until Thursday, April 29.

Not surprising, nine Queen Anne restaurants are on that list:

1. Betty Restaurant & Bar
2. Canlis
3. Crow Restaurant & Bar
4. emmer&rye
5. How to Cook a Wolf
6. Portage
7. Ten Mercer
8. Paragon
9. Via Tribunali

“Queen Anne is making a huge showing for Seattle Restaurant Week, drawing people from other neighborhoods and definitely keeping their own neighbors happy,” wrote SRW PR representative Heather Jensvold.

Take a look at the full list of participating restaurants, some of which will be offering $15 3-course lunch specials as well, here (.doc).

Seattle Restaurant Week is a project of the Seattle Restaurant Cooperative, a group of Seattle restaurateurs, and is being sponsored by our news partner, The Seattle Times, alongside many others. More information here.