SPECIAL EVENTS

Already scheduled at a record-breaking three weeks, many of the restaurants will be adding over two additional weeks of the dinner (and sometimes lunch) prix fixe menus, through Labor Day on Sept. 6. Founder and chair of Houston Restaurant Week Cleverley Stone says the extension was unplanned and due to demand from diners and restaurant owners alike.

The complete list of restaurants participating in the extension is available beginning this weekend at houstonrestaurantweek.com.

Houston Restaurant Week is the city's largest charity dining event held in multiple locations in the greater Houston area over a three week period.

August 1-21, 2010 restaurants offer a special 3 course gourmet dinner (some restaurants will offer 4 courses) for $35 per person and donate $5 from each HRW dinner sold to the Houston Food Bank. Some restaurants will also offer a 2 course lunch for $20 per person (some restaurants will offer 3 courses), and they will donate $3 per HRW lunch sold to the Houston Food Bank.

Each diner at a participating restaurant will provide 15 meals for a hungry child or adult in southeast Texas. Those meals are provided each week to 137,000 individuals who turn to food pantries, senior centers, soup kitchens and shelters for nourishment.

Our mission is to raise funds to fight hunger in Houston. 100% of donations raised goes to the Houston Food Bank. In 2009 HRW raised $242,000 to fight hunger in Houston. Our goal in 2010 is to serve 50,000 diners in 21 days raising $250,000 for the Houston Food Bank.

Participating Restaurants as of July 7th:

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III Forks
51 Fifteen
Americas Post Oak "The Original"
Amerigo's Grille
Arcodoro
Arturo's Uptown Italiano
Au Petit Paris
Backstreet Café
benjy's in The Village
benjy's on Washington
Bistro Don Camillo
Branch Water Tavern
Brasserie Max & Julie
Brennan's of Houston
Brenner's on the Bayou
Brenner's Steakhouse
Cadillac Bar Houston
Café Moustache
The Capital Grille
Carmelo's Ristorante Italiano
Cavatore Italian Restaurant
Ciao Bello
Crapitto's Cucina Italiana
Crave Sushi Boutique
Cullen's Upscale American Grille
Damian's Cucina Italiana
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
Downtown Aquarium
Feast
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar - Town&Country
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar - River Oaks
Frank's Chop House
Gigi's Asian Bistro & Dumpling Bar
Gravitas
Grotto Westheimer
Grotto Woodlands
The Grove
Haven, A Seasonal Kitchen
House of Blues Foundation Room
Hugo's
Indika Restaurant
Julia's Bistro
Kiran's
La Colombe d'Or
La Griglia
Le Mistral
Mark's American Cuisine
Masraff's
Max's Wine Dive
McCormick & Schmick's -Town and Country
McCormick & Schmick's - Downtown
McCormick & Schmick's - Uptown
Michelangelo's
Monarch Restaurant and Lounge
Morton's The Steakhouse - Galleria
Morton's The Steakhouse - Houston Downtown
Mo's … A Place for Steaks
Noe @ The Omni Houston Galleria Hotel
Ocean's
The Oceanaire Seafood Room
Olivette at The Houstonian
Ouisie's Table
Palm Restaurant
Pappas Bros. Steak House
Pappas Grill
Perry's Italian Grille
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Champions
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Clear Lake
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Katy
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Memorial City
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Sugar Land
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Woodlands
Pesce
Polo's Signature
Post Oak Grill
Prego Restaurant
Quattro at Four Seasons Hotel Houston
Rainbow Lodge
Rattan Pan-Asian Bistro & Wine Bar
Ray's Grill
RDG + Bar Annie
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Sambuca Restaurant
Smith & Wollensky
Sorrento Ristorante
Strata Restaurant and Bar
Sullivan's Steakhouse
Sushi Raku
Tony's
Vic & Anthony's
VOICE Restaurant & Lounge at Hotel ICON
Willie G's Seafood & Steaks
Yelapa Playa Mexicana
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Menus from each participating restaurant will be posted on Houston Restaurant Week Web site by July 19th.

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 137,000 people each week, provides more than 60 million pounds of food and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and nonperishables 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. In 2011, the Food Bank’s warehouse operations will be moved to a much larger facility near the East Freeway and East Loop. 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 nonperishables 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.