Nina and Tim Zagat (far left) and many of New York City's top chefs gather at Le Bernardin to launch the Vintage Dinner Series.

photo: Marty Katz/Zagat.com

Today Zagat Presents, along with 16 of New York's finest restaurants, announced our new Vintage Dinner Series. Over the course of the next three months participating restaurants – including Adour, Aureole, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Bouley, Café des Artistes, Chanterelle, Daniel, Del Posto, Gramercy Tavern, Jean Georges, La Grenouille, Le Bernardin, Le Cirque, Ouest, Per Se and Picholine – will host specially designed prix fixe dinners inspired by 19th-century cuisine, from roast saddle of venison to turtle soup to cockles and clams in egg sauce. Prices vary, and each restaurant will be donating a portion of the proceeds to the charity of their choice as well as auctioning off tables on eBay to benefit those charities. Reserve now, as the likes of these dinners may not show up again until the 22nd century. For more information, including dates, menus and prices, click here.