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Dates set for DC’s Summer Restaurant Week

The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) has set Aug. 9 through Aug. 15 for this year’s Summer Restaurant Week, and it will be more like a normal restaurant week.

The RAMW’s Winter Restaurant Week was an extended two-week promotion that was held Jan. 25 through Feb. 7. Winter Restaurant Week was postponed by one week because of the presidential inauguration, and it focused heavily on lunch and dinner packages and to-go cocktails, with indoor dining restrictions still in place.

Now that indoor dining restrictions have been lifted, Summer Restaurant Week will highlight on-premise dining, but it will keep certain elements diners have grown to like in the most recent restaurant weeks, including family-style to-go dinners and cocktail pairings.

Participating restaurants will offer multicourse brunch and lunch menus for $22 per person, and multicourse dinner menus for $35 or $55 per person for on-premise dining. Restaurants offering to-go meals will sell them for $60 or $100 for two people and $100 or $200 for four people.

“We’re excited to begin rebuilding and recovering as an industry. The program is tailored to provide a range of comfort levels, offering outstanding on-premise menus as well as to-go offerings,” said Kathy Hollinger, president and CEO of RAMW.

More than 190 restaurants in D.C., Maryland and Virginia took part in Winter Restaurant Week this year. The lineup of restaurants for Summer Restaurant Week will be posted online in coming weeks.

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms. “We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a variety of ways,” said State Solicitor David Kravitz, adding that the state's claim has nothing to do the company's algorithms or failure to moderate content. Meta said Friday that it strongly disagrees with the allegations and is “confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people.” Its attorney, Mark Mosier, argued in court that the lawsuit “would impose liabilities for performing traditional publishing functions” and that its actions are protected by the First Amendment.
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