FRESHFARM is not requiring reservations, but they are encouraged. And they’re looking at bringing the system to other markets across the region.

When it comes to making online reservations, OpenTable has long been the standard. No longer.

Today, D.C. finds itself with a new group discount program to clog the inbox and tempt the credit card. OpenTable, the popular online restaurant reservations website, has brought its Spotlight in D.C. after having piloting it in six other major cities.

Washington area restaurants will offer what amounts to a November restaurant week from November 17-21. The promotion, restaurant reservation website OpenTable.com’s Appetite Stimulus Plan, includes 3-course fixed price menus—$24 for lunch and $35 for dinner—from over 75 Washington area restaurants. The concept and cost is for the most part in line with the standard biannual DC Restaurant Week promotion. In August’s RW, dinner prices cost $35.08, up from a $30 price point. RW lunches were…

Written by DCist contributor Wade Green Jr. Pull up a chair to the new OpenTable. The online real-time restaurant reservation site has added a new feature allowing diners to contribute their feedback on a restaurant just moments after dining — and even have their opinion provided to the restaurant, if they like. After honoring a reservation, patrons will receive a form email asking what they thought of the restaurant. Food, ambiance, service and the overall…