By Ali Cook
Influencer Jenna Palek said it best, you need to have fun on weekdays. If you wait for the weekends to go out and have fun, you’re wasting 260 days in the year.
Boston restaurants seem to have adopted this mindset, just as much as young Bostonians have themselves, via weekday dinner specials. Marketed as “girl dinners” or “date night specials,” here is a weekday’s worth of Boston restaurants with dinner deals for under $32 per person.
1. Ciao Roma
$59 for 2 people
Mondays
On Mondays, Ciao Roma serves a “Date Night Special,” including one appetizer, two entrees, and one dessert. Serving two people, this special costs $59 in total.
2. The Bosworth
$20 or $25 per person
Mondays and Tuesdays, 5-10pm
The Bosworth’s “Girl Dinner” offers three different options on Monday and Tuesday nights, starting at 5pm. $20 for a martini, truffle fries, and caesar salad; $25 for a martini and ricotta gnocchi; and $25 for a smashed burger with a bottled beer of your choice and whiskey neat.
3. Waverly Kitchen & Bar Charleston
$25 per person
Wednesdays, 5-10pm
On Wednesdays from 5-10pm, Waverly offers a “Girl Dinner” for $25 per person. Meals include portions of roasted broccoli caesar salad, cacio e pepe fries, and a choice of pasta (bolognese, mac n cheese, mushroom & spinach cavatelli, or pappardelle with sausage and burrata).
4. Reelhouse
$30 per person
Thursdays, 5-9pm
Reelhouse offers Thursday night “Pasta on the Pier” from 5-9pm. For $30 per person, you can get 4-courses, including garlic knots, baby kale salad, a choice of pasta, and meyer lemon trifle for dessert. The pasta options include cacio e pepe, rigatoni alla vodka, or the chef’s pasta of the week (for an additional $5).