Houston Restaurant Week 2009 - August 10-23, 2009

Dine Out to Help Fight Hunger in Houston ~ August 10-23, 2009

Participating Eateries to Donate $5 of Each Special Meal Sold to the Houston Food Bank,
Aug. 10 – 23, 2009

HOUSTON--Food enthusiasts will gather for two weeks this summer for Houston Restaurant Week, the city’s premier philanthropic culinary event benefiting the Houston Food Bank. Kicking off on Aug. 10 and running through Aug. 23, Houston Restaurant Week celebrates and showcases Houston’s incredible array of fine dining restaurants and offers an opportunity for diners to try the latest hotspot or revisit an old favorite.

Representing the best of Houston’s culinary tradition, Houston Restaurant Week expects to attract nearly 75 restaurants this year, allowing patrons to opt for a different eatery each night of the two-week event. Foodies can savor a prix fixe, three-course gourmet meal for $35 per person, excluding beverages, tax and gratuity. Participating restaurants will donate $5 of each special meal sold to the Houston Food Bank to help fight hunger.

“Houston Restaurant Week unites local restaurants for an exclusive two-week culinary event that benefits the Houston Food Bank, with 100 percent of funds raised donated to the Houston Food Bank,” said Cleverley Stone, founder and chair of the event. “Last year, we were thrilled to raise nearly $79,000 to fight hunger. Through the generosity of the wonderful restaurant community and Houstonians who patronize them, we hope to raise even more this year.”

Early commitments from restaurants include: *17 Restaurant; Américas- Post Oak and the Woodlands locations; Arcodoro; Artista; Arturo’s Uptown Bistro; benjy’s in The Village; Bistro Lancaster; Brenner’s on the Bayou; Brenner’s Katy Freeway; Cadillac Bar; The Capital Grille; Carmelo’s Ristorante; Churrascos – River Oaks and Gessner locations; Crapitto’s Cucina Italiana; Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House; Denis’ Seafood House; Downtown Aquarium; Feast; Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar- W. Alabama, Town & Country and the Woodlands locations; Frank’s Chop House; Gigi’s Asian Bistro & Dumpling Bar; The Glass Wall; Grotto Ristorante- Westheimer and the Woodlands locations; Jimmy Wilson’s Seafood & Chop House; Kiran’s; La Colombe d’Or Mansion; La Griglia; Le Mistral Restaurant; Monarch at Hotel Zaza; Mo’s…A Place for Steaks; The Oceanaire Seafood Room; Olivette at The Houstonian; Pappas Bros. Steak House; Perry’s Italian Grille; Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille- Champions, Clear Lake, Katy, Memorial City, Sugar Land, and the Woodlands locations; Pesce; Quattro at Four Seasons Hotel Houston; RA Sushi; Rainbow Lodge; RDG+Bar Annie; The Remington Restaurant; Ruth’s Chris Steak House; Shula’s Steakhouse; Smith & Wollensky; SoVino Bistro & Wine Bar; Sullivan’s Steakhouse; Vic & Anthony’s; VOICE Restaurant & Lounge at Hotel ICON; and Willie G’s Post Oak.

For the latest Houston Restaurant Week information, including restaurant listings, menus, sponsor information, and reservations, visit www.HoustonRestaurantWeek.com. Menus will be posted on the site starting July 15. The event is “By Reservation Only,” and diners will be able to start making their reservations at that time. Follow HRW on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/HouRestaurantWk and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HoustonRestaurantWeek.

About Houston Restaurant Week

Houston Restaurant Week was established in 2003 by restaurant journalist Cleverley Stone, host of “The Cleverley Show” on CNN 650 Radio News. To date, the event has raised more than $111,000 to fight hunger in Houston. For more information, visit www.HoustonRestaurantWeek.com.

About The Houston Food Bank

The Houston Food Bank is the largest source of free and low-cost food for hungry people in 18 southeast Texas counties. A network of 400 charities, feeding a total of 80,000 people each week, receives more than 36 million pounds of food and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and non-perishables are distributed from Herzstein Center, a 73,000 square-foot warehouse, and hot meals are prepared and distributed from Keegan Center, a 15,000 square-foot industrial kitchen. Additional community services range from nutrition education to assistance with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Red Barrels offer a convenient way for grocery shoppers to donate non-perishables for their neighbors in need. The Houston Food Bank, founded in 1982, is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. The organization plans to grow to an annual distribution of 120 million pounds of food by 2018. Visit www.HoustonFoodBank.org for more information