One of my favorite websites is GenevaLunch. -I know I’m not an impartial party, but it is true-. Recently I was looking for a fun gift idea in Geneva, when I found the following in the 2006 archives:

• For the gourmet in your life, with the l’assiette Genevoise card, you pay SFr80 and can eat in some 70 restaurants for half price during a year.

A Calabazita platter, a typical New Mexican (U.S.) plate

Now, that’s a deal!

I decided to find out if this offer is still valid and I found out that not only is it valid, but it has been enhanced.

A few things have changed though. The price of the card has increased from CHF80 to CHF90 per year but it now includes 82 restaurants in canton Geneva instead of 70.

The formula is simple: present the card at participating restaurants and receive 50% off your bill, based on a party of two diners. If that were not incentive enough, consider that the deal can be shared because the card is not marked!

Fish, veggies and plantains as served in the jungles of Peru

I met an Italian-Moroccan couple -Nunzio and Imanne- that has been using the assiette Genevoise card for the past two years. They say the card paid for itself after about three dinners.

“Just remember,  some of the restaurants accept the card for their menu items only and not for their  lunch specials,” says Imanne.

The 2009 card is valid until March 2010.

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