The Ticker
By AJ Carter

HEALTHY APPETITE

The numbers are in, and Long Island Restaurant Week exceeded even organizer Steve Haweeli’s wildest dreams: 102 participating restaurants, $2.8 million in revenue, more than 80,000 meals served after 942,997 hits on the “Restaurant Week” Web Site by some 53,000 visitors. "We have restaurants that reported an increase in reservations and sales, some by up to 200 percent," Haweeli said. "It is resoundingly successful. Much more so that we even figured." Which means only one thing: The East Hampton public relations executive has to do it all over again next year.

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