Winter Restaurant Week is back, which means dozens of restaurants across the area are offering special prix fixe menus ($22 for lunch/brunch; $35 for dinner) for at least the next seven days (extensions have become the norm).

But what about diners who wish to skip the pre-set meals, whether they’re more interested in ducking crowds, prefer charting their own course, or have other concerns about the biannual dining event?

Here’s a list of more than five dozen new, interesting or reliable restaurants not participating in the official Restaurant Week (though some may have competing deals of their own), conveniently organized by neighborhood.

Adams Morgan

Meze Restaurant

Jack Rose Dining Saloon

Rosario

Southern Hospitality

Tail Up Goat

Atlas District

Copycat

DC Harvest

Ethiopic

Sticky Rice

Toki Underground

Bloomingdale

Crisp Kitchen + Bar

El Camino

Red Hen

Capitol Hill

Garrison

Rose’s Luxury

Santa Rosa Taqueria

Sushi Hachi

Chevy Chase

Macon Bistro & Larder

Sushiko

Downtown/Foggy Bottom

BLT Steak

Boqueria

Joe’s Seafood

Soi 38

Dupont Circle

DGS Delicatessen

Gryphon

Hank’s Oyster Bar

Little Serow

Georgetown

Bourbon Steak

Chaia

Chez BIlly Sud

Logan Circle/14th Street Corridor

Bresca

Compass Rose

Etto

Hawthorne

Izakaya Seki

Le Diplomate

Lupo Verde

Siren

Navy Yard

Due South

Salt Line

NoMa/Northeast

Indigo

Masseria

Penn Quarter

Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza

Minibar

Sixth Engine

Petworth/Columbia Heights

Bad Saint

Himitsu

Thip Khao

Timber Pizza Co.

Shaw/Ledroit

All-Purpose

Kinship

Dabney

Royal

Woodley Park/Cleveland Park

Duke’s Counter

Maryland

Modern Market

Q by Peter Chang

Succotash

Virginia

Bayou Bakery

Brine

Clarity

Marble & Rye

Peter Chang Arlington

Takumi

Texas Jack’s

Tupelo Honey Cafe