EAT: Cheap(er) Eats at Dining Month

Forty six restaurants in Portland, including Ten 01, Mother's Bistro and Bar, Gilt Club, Paley's Place and Bluehour are offering a three-course meal—appetizer, entrée and dessert—at the fixed price of $25 every day in June for Portland Dining Month, sponsored by Travel Portland and American Express. Each participating eatery sets their 3-course menu, and some will change the meal daily. To see what's being dished, hit the link above.

In addition, American Express is also giving away more than $1,000 in restaurant gift certificates via this online coupon; $5 will be donated to New Avenues for Youth for each contest entry. You can sign up at any participating restaurant, as well as at diningmonthportland.com.

While a few of the participating restaurants already offer similar prix-fixe deals (Carafe, Tabla), others are deeply discounting their regular prices for the promotion. At Paley's Place, for example, most entrees cost more than $25 on their own. Bluehour does offer a prix fixe menu regularly—for $40. $25 will buy you some gnocchi.