UPDATED with menus: Forks up, Restaurant Week 2012 is August 13-19

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Hard Rock Cafe made the list. Yikes.

Get your forks ready, folks: You can make reservations starting Monday, July 16 for KRLD Restaurant Week August 13-19. The annual event affords food-interested types a three-course prix fixe dinner for $35 per person -- generally cheaper than most fine dining restaurants would otherwise charge. Diners can also try a three-course prix fixe lunch for $25 at select locations. Donations of $7 for each dinner and $5 for each lunch go to North Texas Food Bank in Dallas or Lena Pope Home in Fort Worth.

Some restaurants will expand their Restaurant Week specials until August 26 or even September 2. Diners also can get a preview at select restaurants from August 10 through August 12.

You decide which kind of diner you are: Make a weekful of reservations and go nuts for the low pricing, or pick one special night to try that place you hadn't been able to convince yourself was worth a $200 tab.

Serious foodies will scoff at Restaurant Week, suggesting it's for cheapie diners who will subject themselves to subpar food and packed houses that don't reflect that eatery's real ability. To the rest, we say: Eat your hearts out.

Photo by Ashli Michelle

Private Social surf n' turf sushi roll

If you shop at Central Market July 16 through September 2, ask for a Fourth Course certificate if you purchase $25 or more -- and who doesn't spend that when they buy at Central Market? Usually an appetizer, the Fourth Course comes free during Restaurant Week with a Central Market voucher. Valid for dinner only.

The 2012 Restaurant Week list contains the standard fare from past years, like Dean Fearing's self-titled restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton and most of the big-name steak houses. We are shocked to see Hard Rock Cafe on the list, and a little taken aback to find downtown Dallas Mexican spot Wild Salsa on the list, given its casual atmosphere.

Unsurprisingly, Top Chef Tiffany Derry's new spot Private Social made the cut, as did Oak Cliff's new resto Campo Modern Country Bistro. Fulbelli's Restaurant, all the way up in Sherman, was added, too.

Get your calendars and check books out. Here's the list in full:

• III Forks - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Abacus - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Al Biernat's (through September 2)
• Arcodoro & Pomodoro - Menu (under "August") (through September 2)
• Arthur's Prime Steaks & Seafood - Menu (through September 2)
• Asador - Renaissance Dallas Hotel - Menu (through August 26)
• Bailey's Prime Plus - Fairview - Menu (through September 2)
• Bailey's Prime Plus - Park Lane - Menu (through September 2)
• Bijoux - Menu (under "events" tab) (through September 2)
• Bistro 31 - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Boi Na Braza - Menu (through August 19)
• Bonnell's Restaurant - Menu (through August 26)
• Cacharel - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Cadot - Menus: Lunch (pdf), Dinner (pdf) (through September 2)
• Café Pacific - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Café Toulouse - Menu (through August 26)
• Campo Modern Country Bistro - Menu (through September 2)
• Canary by Gorji Mediterranean Steak & Seafood - Menu (through August 26)
• The Capital Grille - Dallas - Menu (through September 2)
• The Capital Grille at The Shops at Legacy - Menu (Facebook) (through September 2)
• The Capital Grille - Fort Worth (through September 2)
• Central 214 - Menu (through August 26)
• Chamberlain's Fish Market Grill - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Chamberlain's Steak & Chop House - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Charlie Palmer at the Joule - Menus: Lunch, Dinner (through August 26)
• Citrus Bistro Seafood - Menu (through September 2)
• cityhouse (through September 2)
• The Crescent Club - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Culpepper Steakhouse - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Dakota's - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Dallas Chop House - Menu (through September 2)
• Dallas Fish Market - Menu (through September 2)
• Dee Lincoln's Dining Room - Menus: Lunch, Dinner (through September 2)
• Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse - Dallas - Menu (through September 2)
• Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse - Fort Worth - Menu (through September 2)
• Dish Restaurant & Lounge - Menu (through August 26)
• Dragonfly at Hotel ZaZa (through September 2)
• Eddie V's Prime Seafood - Dallas (through September 2)
• Eddie V's Prime Seafood - Fort Worth - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Ellerbe Fine Foods - Menu (through August 19)
• Fearing's Restaurant - Ritz-Carlton - Menu (Facebook) (through August 19)
• Ferrari's Italian Villa - Addison - Menu (through September 2)
• Ferrari's Italian Villa - Grapevine - Menu (through September 2)
• Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck - Menu (through August 19)
• Fogo de Chão Churrascaria - Menu (through August 26)
• The French Room - The Adolphus - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Fulbelli's Restaurant - Menu (through August 19)
• Grace - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• The Grape Restaurant - Menu (through August 26)
• The Grill on the Alley - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• The Grotto (through August 19)
• Hannah's Off the Square - Menu (through August 19)
• Hard Rock Cafe - Menu (through September 2)
• Hattie's (through August 26)
• Hibiscus (through August 19)
• India West Fine Dining & Lounge - Menu (through August 26)
• Jasper's - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Jorge's - Menu (through September 2)
• Kenichi - Menu (through August 26)
• Kenny's Wood Fired Grill - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Kirby's Prime Steakhouse - Menu (through September 2)
• Kirby's Woodfire (through September 2)
• La Fiorentina - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• The Landmark Restaurant - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Lanny's Alta Cocina - Menu (through August 26)
• Lavendou Bistro - Menu (through September 2)
• Lawry's The Prime Rib - Menu (through September 2)
• Lonesome Dove Western Bistro - Menu (through August 19)
• The Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• The Melting Pot - Addison - Menu (through August 19)
• The Melting Pot - Arlington - Menu (through September 2)
• The Mercury (through August 26)
• Mercury Chop House - Menu (through September 2)
• Mi Piaci - Menu (through September 2)
• Misto Bistro - Menu (through August 26)
• Morton's The Steakhouse - Menu (September 2)
• Mr. G's - Hyatt Regency Hotel (through August 19)
• Nicola's Ristorante - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Nick & Sam's Steakhouse - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Nobu Dallas - Menu (through August 26)
• Nonna (through August 19)
• Nosh - Dallas - Menu (through September 2)
• Nosh - Plano - Menu (through September 2)
• Ocean Prime - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Oceanaire Seafood - Westin Galleria - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• One2One Restaurant & Bar - Menu (through August 26)
• The Palm (through September 2)
• Pappas Bros. Steakhouse - Menu (through September 2)
• Palomino Restaurant - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Perry's Steakhouse & Grille (through September 2)
• Piccolo Mondo - Menu (through August 19)
• Piola Italian Restaurant (through August 26)
• The Place at Perry's (through September 2)
• Private Social - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Pyramid Restaurant - The Fairmont - Menu (through September 2)
• The Ranch at Las Colinas - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Randy's Steakhouse - Menu (through September 2)
• Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Ray's Prime Steak & Seafood - Menu (through August 26)
• Reata Restaurant - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Rick's Chophouse - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Ristorante Nicola - Closed August 4. Those with Restaurant Week reservations will be notified and offered a seat at Nicola's Ristorante Italiano in Plano.
• Roy's - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Ruth's Chris Steak House - Dallas - Menu (through September 2)
• Ruth's Chris Steak House - Fort Worth - Menu (through August 26)
• Saint Ann - Menu (through August 26)
• Salum Restaurant - Menu (through August 19)
• Samar by Stephen Pyles - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Sambuca - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Seasons 52 (through August 19)
• Second Floor Bistro - Westin Galleria - Menu (through August 19)
• Shinsei - Menu (through August 19)
• Silver Fox - Frisco - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Silver Fox - Fort Worth - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Silver Fox - Grapevine - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Silver Fox - Richardson - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• St. Martin's Wine Bistro - Menu (through September 2)
• Steel Restaurant & Lounge - Menus: Lunch, Dinner (through September 2)
• Stephan Pyles - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Steve Fields Steak & Lobster - Menu (through September 2)
• Suze Restaurant (through August 26)
• Tei-An - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Texas de Brazil - Addison (through September 2)
• Texas de Brazil - Fort Worth (through September 2)
• Texas de Brazil - Dallas (through September 2)
• Tillman's Roadhouse - Dallas - Menu (through August 19)
• Tillman's Roadhouse - Fort Worth - Menu (through August 19)
• Tower Club (through September 2)
• Trevi's - Menu (through August 26)
• Truluck's - Southlake - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Truluck's - Dallas - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• Truluck's - Addison - Menu (pdf) (through September 2)
• T/X Restaurant & Bar at The Stoneleigh Hotel - Menu (pdf) (through August 26)
• Whiskey Cake - Menu (pdf) (through August 19)
• Wild Mushroom Steak House - Menu (through September 2)
• Wild Salsa (through September 2)
• Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse - Menu (through August 19)

UPDATE: Still deciding where to eat? Let us help. We've added links to the Restaurant Week menus for many of the participants. You can find them in the restaurants list above in bold. We'll continue adding menus as the stragglers release theirs.

Posted by Sarah Blaskovich and Shannon Sutlief.