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Tonight: AZ Restaurant Week kicks off

Tonight is the kickoff of the first-ever spring Arizona Restaurant Week. Through next Sunday, you can find special, three-course dinner menus for either $30 or $40 at participating restaurants.

Although a fall version started in 2009, the concept has been slow to spread outside of Phoenix and Scottsdale. Only five East Valley restaurants are taking part.

Various local media and bloggers have weighed in with their suggestions on where to go: