Las Vegas Restaurant Week Returns – Help Out by Dining Out
For the fifth year, Las Vegas Restaurant Week will provide locals and tourists the unique opportunity to dine at many of the city’s best restaurants at affordable prix fixe prices while helping to support Three Square Food Bank (Pictured above: Chef Kim Canteenwalla of Society Café Encore puts the finishing touches on lunch offerings during Restaurant Week 2010).
Las Vegas Restaurant Week 2011 will be held August 29 through September 11, with more than 80 restaurants throughout the Valley participating.
From Restaurant Week 2010, one of many delicious lunch options at Society Café Encore
Taking part in Las Vegas Restaurant Week 2011 is simple. Diners can visit any participating restaurant during the specified timeframe and enjoy a multi-course, prix fixe menu specially created for Las Vegas Restaurant Week. Each restaurant will create their own delicious menu offering at one of the following price points: $20.11, $30.11 or $50.11 with a fixed portion of the proceeds benefiting Three Square and the fight against hunger in Southern Nevada.
A sampling of 2010 Restaurant Week fare at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill
“We are thrilled for the continued support of the Las Vegas culinary community who make this fun and interactive fundraiser possible year-after-year,” said Brian Burton President and CEO of Three Square Food Bank. “In celebration of the fifth anniversary of Las Vegas Restaurant Week, diners will have the opportunity to enjoy some of Las Vegas’ finest restaurants at amazing prices for two entire weeks.”
The Capital Grille at Fashion Show Mall, Rick Moonen’s rm seafood at Mandalay Bay, Comme Ça at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, TAO at The Venetian, Panevino located off strip and Diego Mexican Cuisine at MGM Grand are a few fine examples of the more than 80 restaurants participating in this year’s restaurant week festivities. Offerings range from succulent steaks and seafood to French cuisine, decadent desserts and more. For a complete list of Restaurant Week participants and menu details visit www.helpoutdineoutlv.org; the new site allows diners to search by type of cuisine, restaurant location or donation amount.
Diners are encouraged to share their experiences and be a part of the conversation on Twitter by following @threesquarelv and using the hashtag #LVRW2011, and on Facebook by ‘liking’ the Las Vegas Restaurant Week page.
About Three Square
Three Square was established to end hunger in the valley by providing wholesome, nutritious food to non-profit organizations that serve a wide range of Southern Nevadans in need. A national model project inspired by Eric Hilton with a grant provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Three Square is a community collaborative partnership with the gaming industry, businesses, non-profit agencies, food distributors, higher education institutions, the CCSD, governmental entities, the media and thousands of volunteers to efficiently and effectively serve hope to those in our community struggling with hunger. Three Square currently provides more than 22 million pounds of food and grocery product – the equivalent of nearly 16 million meals – per year to more than 600 Program Partners including non-profit and faith-based organizations, schools and feeding sites throughout Southern Nevada. Three Square is a member of the Feeding America network of food banks. For additional information visit www.threesquare.org.
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