NYC Restaurant Week is ON

I am going to claim complete ignorance here...I know Restaurant Week is happening from Jan 25th-Feb 7th, but I have never participated with the vigor or unending appetite as some of my friends. I know people who literally make a resie every night to nosh on $35 3-course dinners at some of the finest eateries in NYC. I have mixed feelings though...isn't this like gourmet gluttony? Wouldn't one rather spread out these amazing meals instead of concentrating them into a back to back food orgy? Of course, the really hot tables in town don't feel the need to participate (ie Minetta Tavern which I am dying to go to), but there are quite a few places I have had my eye on that would definitely be worth a whirl.

Thoughts on Restaurant Week? Not worth the hype or something you really look forward to? Good experiences, bad experiences?

Click here see the full list of participating restaurants and to reserve a table.