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Forget about clipping coupons or buying Groupons.

For 17 days, all you have to do to get a dining deal in Salt Lake City is ask for the special Dine O'Round menu.

More than 40 different restaurants are participating in the 2012 Downtown Dine O'Round promotion, which kicks off Friday, Sept. 14 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 30.

Restaurants are offering either a two-item lunch for $5 or $10 or three-item dinners for $15 or $30. All cuisines are represented from Asian to Mexican and Italian to Indian. Several steakhouses, bistros and cafes also are participating. (See list)

Dine O'Round offers customers and chance to try new restaurants such as the CO2 Cafe, Inferno Cantina and Bar, Washington Square Cafe and Nordstrom's Sixth and Pine inside the new City Creek mall. It also is a great way to visit old favorites like Al Forno's, Lamb's Grill and Cedars of Lebanon.

Upload a photo of you and your Dine O'Round party on the Downtown Alliance Facebook page— facebook.com/DowntownSLC — for a chance to win dinner for a year. The more you dine, the more chances you have to win.

Kathy Stephenson —

Downtown Dine O'Round

Here's a list of the Salt Lake City restaurants participating in the 2012 Downtown Dine O'Round, Sept. 14-30.

$5 Lunch • Bocata, Green Pig Pub, J. Wong's Asian Bistro, Stoneground and Wing Nutz

$10 Lunch • Al Forno's Ristorante, Caffe Molise, Cannella's, Cedars of Lebanon, The Copper Onion, CO2 Cafe, Faustina, Gracie's, Iggy's Sports Grill, Inferno Cantina, Lamb's Grill, Market Street Grill, Market Street Oyster Bar, Martine Café, Naked Fish, New Yorker, Pallet, Plum Alley, Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana, Squatters Pub Brewery, The Tin Angel Café, Washington Square Café and Wild Grape Bistro

$15 Dinner • Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano, Cannella's, Cedar of Lebanon, CO2 Cafe, The Garden Restaurant on Temple Square, Green Pig Pub, Iggy's Sports Grill, Inferno Cantina, J. Wong's Asian Bistro. Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana, Squatters Pub Brewery and Stoneground,

$30 Dinner • Al Forno's Restaurant, Bambara, Caffe Molise, Christopher's Prime Steak House and Grill, The Copper Onion, Dojo, Faustina, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse, Lamb's Grill, Market Street Grill, Market Street Oyster Bar, Martine Café, The Melting Pot, Naked Fish, New Yorker, Nordstrom Sixth and Pine, Oasis Café, Pallet, Plum Alley, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Star of India, Takashi, Thaifoon, The Tin Angel Café, Wild Grape Bistro and ZY Restaurant.