Step Up To the Plate

Tulsa’s 6th annual Restaurant Week Sept. 8-16 will benefit the Food Bank.

In conjunction with September’s national Hunger Action Month, northeast Oklahoma restaurants are stepping up to the plate to fight hunger in our community by participating in Tulsa’s 6th annual Restaurant Week, Sept. 8-16.

    Thirty-four restaurants will offer three-course, prix fixe meals and donate 10 percent of Restaurant Week menu proceeds to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s Food for Kids program. Restaurant Week proceeds will be matched by the George Kaiser Family Foundation up to $25,000.

    This year, Restaurant Week patrons can select from a variety of three-course lunch and dinner menus designed to suit any taste and budget. Restaurants will offer three different lunch menus at $12.95 per person and three ­different dinner menus at one of three varying price points. The three price points for dinner menus are either $25 per person, $35 per person or $35 for two. Each meal will feature an ­appetizer, entrée and dessert, and all prices exclude tax, gratuity and beverage.

    The Food Bank’s Food for Kids program provides a ­backpack of food each week ­during the school year to more than 4,100 students in Tulsa County at risk of going hungry during the weekend and holidays. Last year, Restaurant Week raised more than $50,000 for the Food for Kids program.

    “We’re excited so many of our restaurants are able to ­participate in Restaurant Week again this year,” said Amanda Williams, marketing and ­communications manager for the McNellie’s Group. “It’s a ­testament to Tulsa that so many great organizations can join forces to support the Food Bank and its programs. We’re proud to be part of that again this year.”       

    A list of participating ­restaurants along with their Restaurant Week menus and ­contact information will be ­available on the new TulsaPeople iPad/iPhone app beginning Sept. 1. The app can be ­downloaded for free from the Apple iTunes store.

    “We’re excited to see new additions and some returning favorites to the list of ­participating restaurants,” said Regina Pickens, community events coordinator at the Food Bank. “It’s amazing to see how our community steps up to the plate when our kids are in need.”

    The event’s presenting ­sponsor is TulsaPeople magazine. Additional sponsors include the George Kaiser Family Foundation, News on 6, Jarboe and Waller & Company Public Relations. “We are so pleased this event continues to grow each year and is so well-received in the ­community,” said Jim Langdon, publisher of TulsaPeople. “Restaurant Week is a great time for Tulsans to try a new ­restaurant or an old favorite for a great price and cause.”    

    For more information about Restaurant Week and its special prix fixe menus, visit TulsaPeople.com, the Tulsa Restaurant Week Facebook page or download the TulsaPeople iPad/iPhone app.

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS:

Downtown
Baxter’s Interurban Grill
The Boulder Grill
The Chalkboard
Dilly Deli
El Guapo’s Cantina
Hey Mambo
McNellie’s
The Tavern
Ti Amo
Yokozuna

Brookside
Biga
Cosmo Café & Bar
In The Raw
KEO
The Local Table
Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar

Cherry Street/Utica
McGill’s
Palace Café
Polo Grill
SMOKE. on Cherry Street
Wild Fork

Midtown
Bodean Seafood
Cardigan’s
Du Jour

South Tulsa
Bluestone Steak House
The Bistro at Seville
Cyprus Grill at the Renaissance
Duke’s Southern Kitchen
French Hen
McGill’s
The Melting Pot
Michael V’s
Ti Amo

Wagoner
The Canebrake

 

For more information, contact

TulsaPeople

www.TulsaPeople.com