dineLA Restaurant Week drew 150,000 diners to 175 restaurants in February. Given the massive turnout, the organization is staging an encore Restaurant Week from October 4-9 and October 11-16. This time around, dineLA Restaurant Week features 260 participating restaurants. Clearly you can’t eat at 260 restaurants in two weeks, so here are some of my picks.

Here are some restaurants that are participating in dineLA Restaurant Week that I’ve been to and enjoyed. Click on the restaurant names to find my reviews:

Deluxe Dining – 3 courses cost $16 at lunch, $26 at dinner

• Carousel Restaurant
• La Casita Mexicana
• La Grande Orange Café – Pasadena
• sugarFISH by Sushi Nozawa – Brentwood

Premier Dining – 3 courses cost $22 at lunch, $34 at dinner

• Chaya Downtown
• FIG
• RH Restaurant and Bar
• Whist at The Viceroy

Fine Dining – 3 courses cost $28 at lunch, $44 at dinner

• The Bazaar by José Andrés
• BLT Steak
• Spago Beverly Hills
• Water Grill

Here are some restaurants that I haven’t eaten at, but they’ve either been on my to-try list, or their Restaurant Week menus look interesting:

Premier Dining – 3 courses cost $22 at lunch, $34 at dinner

Fuego at Hotel Maya
The Hall Courtyard Brasserie at Palihouse
Lawry’s The Prime Rib
Oliverio @ Avalon Beverly Hills

Fine Dining – 3 courses cost $28 at lunch, $44 at dinner

Cache Restaurant & Lounge
Craft Los Angeles
Drago Centro
Wilshire Restaurant
XIV by Michael Mina

On September 25, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa kicked off dineLA Restaurant Week with an L.A. Live press conference at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill. Other participants included Wolfgang Puck (naturally), Josie Restaurant chef-owner Josie Le Balch, Loteria Grill chef-owner Jimmy Shaw and Mark Liberman, the head of L.A. INC. To conclude the press conference, the dignitaries and chefs shared a ceremonial “first bite” of Puck’s pizza. dineLA Director Carrie Kommers was also on hand, along with about 75 chefs, who wouldn’t all fit in frame.