Restaurants at Sofitel's North American hotels offer several four-course options for their 30-minute prix fixe executive lunch.

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Chef Harris serves French-influenced American cuisine using local, fresh produce and quality meats on the prix fixe, four-course dinner menu, changing with the turn of the seasons.

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And when it's cold outside, few things sound as appealing as a hearty onion soup with a layer of baked Gruyere so thick it almost requires a fork and knife, especially when it's part of a prix fixe lunch.

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Some restaurants, for example, are retaining the prix-fixe meals they served during the recent Restaurant Week.

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The prix-fixe menu includes a starter, an entree and dessert and incorporates many New Mexico ingredients, including chilies and local wine.

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Celebrity Chef Michael Mina awed guests Friday afternoon with an incredible three course prix-fixe menu at his renowned restaurant, MICHAEL MINA Bellagio.

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Once or twice a year for a week - sometimes two - eateries offer bargain priced, prix-fixe, three course lunches and dinners.

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