Houston Restaurant Weeks gears up for the city’s diners while raising money for Houston Food Bank
Fish Fry at Lucille’s
Whatever you’re craving, whatever’s your favorite food, whatever your heart desires is what Houston Restaurant Weeks delivers to foodies in Houston from August 1 to September 5, 2016 with prix-fixe menus.
Mama’s Seafood Pasta at Tony Mandola’s Gulf Coast Kitchen
Houston Restaurant Weeks, the single largest fundraiser in the U.S. benefiting the largest food bank in America, is gearing up to beat last year’s record-breaking $1.9 million dollars for the Houston Food Bank.
Sunday Gravy Pasta at Laurenzo’s Restaurant
Dive into menus on www.HoustonRestaurantWeeks.com, and plan your strategy from multi-course meals from five star restaurants and more with any type of food imaginable. You can take in brunch, lunch and dinner with these specially designed prix-fixe menus for this fundraising event with proceeds all going to help Houston’s hungry.
Tempura Fried Seabass Po Boy at Tony Mandola’s Gulf Coast Kitchen
More than 200 restaurants, from fine dining to casual neighborhood establishments throughout the Greater Houston area, are part of HRW. Diners will have the chance to sample a wide variety of cuisines. Reservations may be required by some restaurants.
Pork & Beans at Lucille’s
Chicken Breast “La Tana” at Laurenzo’s
For thousands of Houstonians and summer visitors to the Bayou City, HRW provides a five-week long passport to the city’s top restaurants and award-winning chefs. HRW has grown to include not only the newest and trendiest restaurants in Uptown Galleria, bustling downtown and vibrant Montrose and Midtown, but also popular eateries in outlying communities such as The Woodlands, Sugar Land and Galveston, Texas, among others.
Chocolate Bourbon Bacon Bundt Cake at Lucille’s
The Houston Food Bank partners with the Montgomery County Food Bank and the Galveston County Food Bank. All donations from restaurants operating in those counties will go to their respective food banks.
Charred Broccoli Salad at Tony Mandola’s Gulf Coast Kitchen
“As one who reports on restaurants and chefs in our city, I am so grateful for the outpouring of support by Houston’s restaurant industry and diners for Houston Restaurant Weeks, benefiting the Houston Food Bank,” said founder & chair, Cleverley Stone. “Houston Restaurant Weeks has become one of the most anticipated times of the year for local foodies and visitors to our city.”
Founded in 2003 by Stone, HRW has raised over $7.6 million for the Houston Food Bank. This has enabled the Food Bank to provide almost 23 million meals for Houstonians who are food insecure.
Shrimp & Grits at Lucille’s
As America’s largest and nationally recognized as Feeding America’s Food Bank of the Year, the Food Bank distributes 59 million nutritious meals through its network of 600 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other hunger relief charities in southeast Texas, feeding 800,000 individuals each year.
HRW is run by volunteers and 100 percent of the donations raised from area restaurants go directly to the Food Bank.
For more information, go to www.HoustonRestaurantWeeks.com or follow on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HoustonRestaurantWeeks and on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/HouRestaurantWk.
photo credit: V. Sweeten