Deb Glidden / The Daily ItemLynn ?The Central Square Collaborative and Third Thursdays are starting off the 2009 season with Restaurant Week beginning Monday.Nine area restaurants will be participating in the inaugural Restaurant Week, which runs May 18-24.Many of the participating establishments will offer special $20.09 dinner specials throughout the week.The Capitol Diner, Christopher’s Cafe and John’s Roast Beef will be offering lunch and breakfast specials. In the evening, participating restaurants will offer $20.09 dinner specials at The Blue Ox, Old Tyme Italian, Tatiana’s, The Porthole, Rolly’s Tavern and the Four Winds to kick off Third Thursdays 2009.Leslie Gould, director of the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce who also serves on the Third Thursdays Planning Committee, said a similar Restaurant Week in Boston has been a tremendous success.”The Third Thursdays Planning Committee is excited to engage the entire community for our first annual Restaurant Week,” she said. “Over 10 restaurants from around the city offering a variety of price points for breakfast, lunch and dinner are participating. Lynn has fantastic restaurants and some great untapped hidden gems; this is a great way to showcase what our city has to offer and to get both the business and residential communities out there, supporting one another.”Blue Ox chef and partner Matt O’Neil agrees.”As a new restaurant in the community we are looking forward to using Lynn Restaurant Week as an opportunity to host local residents that may not have tried The Blue Ox before,” he said. “It’s a great way to motivate the city to support local business by trying us at discount prices and hopefully coming back after a good experience.”