Local restaurants are giving visitors and residents the chance to try out their establishments with specials as part of Main Street Iowa Restaurant Week.

This is the second year of the statewide event, in which restaurants in 28 Main Street Iowa communities are participating. Main Street Washington Executive Director Sarah Grunewaldt describes the event, “We are basically featuring the best of our best restaurants who wanted to participate, to share their wares, to host a special. And the Travel Iowa group is actually helping promote it and so the goal is to get people in our community to go out to a couple of restaurants maybe they’ve never tried, or to even leave town and try a new restaurant in a new community that you’ve never been to before.”

JP’s 207, Cafe Dodici, and Dodici’s Shop are all hosting “Taste for $20” specials. Restaurant Week lasts through Sunday. Find information on other participating communities at traveliowa.com.