Prepare yourselves, foodies: The first Lawrence Restaurant Week is set for Sept.14 through 20 in downtown Lawrence.

Downtown Lawrence Inc. is organizing the new event and expects at least a dozen downtown restaurants to participate, said Sally Zogry, DLI director. Each restaurant — representing cuisine from Pachamama’s fine-dining to Jefferson’s sports bar fare — will offer a special prix fixe menu throughout the week in addition to its regular offerings. Prices for the prix fixe Restaurant Week meals will be $35 or less, depending on the restaurant. More participating restaurants, menus and reservation information will be announced later; watch for details at lawrencerestaurantweek.com.

“We have such a great food scene here,” Zogry said. “Whatever your tastes are, and whatever your budget allows, we want people to experience what we have to offer.”

Since Downtown Lawrence Inc. is organizing the event, they’re sticking with downtown restaurants this year, Zogry said. But she hopes the event will be popular enough to grow in the future.

The Lawrence event is modeled after the wildly popular Kansas City Restaurant Week. Kansas City has been doing restaurant week the last couple of years and had close to 150 restaurants participate in January.

Tips welcome!

Try something unusual or know of something interesting going on at a Lawrence restaurant? Send me an email at sshepherd@ljworld.com or contact me on Twitter @saramarieshep. For more local food and restaurant news, click here.