Twenty-five restaurants are now accepting reservations for the inaugural Tacoma Restaurant Week, which will take the greater Tacoma culinary scene by storm mid-April, 2012. The two-week foodie event, held Sunday-Thursday, April 15-26, allows diners to experience the immense variety of Pierce County’s amazing restaurants at a fraction of the normal cost. In addition to regular menus, playing off the popular and beloved 253 area code participating restaurants will offer pre-selected three-course dinner menus – with three options per course – for $25 per person not including alcoholic beverages, tax and gratuity. Selected restaurants will also offer three-course lunch menus for $15, not including tax and gratuity.
Reservations are strongly encouraged. Participating restaurants – with phone numbers and websites – are listed below.
During Tacoma Restaurant Week, locals and visitors alike may dine their way through Tacoma and Gig Harbor, socializing over delicacies from such notable restaurants as The Melting Pot, Stanley & Seafort’s, Pacific Grill, The Lobster Shop, Bite Restaurant, The Social Bar and Grill, Maxwell’s Restaurant & Lounge, C.I. Shenanigan’s, Primo Grill, Marrow Kitchen + Bar, Brix 25, The Office Bar & Grill, TWOKOI Japanese Cuisine, El Gaucho, Duke’s Chowder House and many others.
Participating restaurants will donate a $50 gift card to United Way Pierce County. Diners will also be encouraged to donate to United Way by texting $10 to 20222 to help fight homelessness in Pierce County.
“During Tacoma Restaurant Week, diners can plan and save for multiple experiences at various restaurants over the 10-day span,” says Tacoma Restaurant Week committee member, Ron Swarner, who publishes the Weekly Volcano newspaper. “It’s also a wonderful opportunity for people to venture out and enjoy cuisine they might not normally. And, on top of that, donations go to a great cause.”
As a bonus, Tacoma Restaurant Week diners will be eligible to win $50 gift cards to participating restaurants by simply adding their name and email to a raffle ballot. Raffle ballots will be collected throughout the 10-day span with winners drawn daily and a final drawing for the remaining gift cards held Thursday, May 3. Winners will be notified by email.
The Weekly Volcano alternative newspaper and a group of local restaurateurs created Tacoma Restaurant Week over a three-month period. The restaurants participating in the inaugural Tacoma Restaurant Week were selected by committee vote.
The public can follow comments about Tacoma Restaurant Week on Facebook as well as Twitter (@TacomaRestWeek) using hashtag #253Restaurants.
Diners can enjoy Tacoma Restaurant Week at the following restaurants (*offers lunch option too):
Lunch and dinner menus to come soon. …
Adriatic Grill
4201 S. Steele St., Tacoma, WA 98409
253.475.6000
Website
Bite Restaurant & Bar*
Hotel Murano
1320 Broadway Plaza #4. Tacoma, WA 98402
253.591.4151
Website
Brix 25
7707 Pioneer Way, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
253.858.6626
Website
C.I. Shenanigans
3017 Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98402
253.752.8811
Website
Dash Point Lobster Shop
6912 Soundview Dr. NE, Tacoma, WA 98422
253.927.1513
Website
Dirty Oscar’s Annex
2309 Sixth Ave., Tacoma WA 98403
253.572.0588
Website
Duke’s Chowder House
3327 Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98402
253.752.5444
Website
El Gaucho
2119 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.272.1510
Website
Gateway to India
2603 Sixth Ave., Tacoma WA 98406
253.552.5022
Website
Harmon Brewery & Eatery
1938 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.383.2739
Website
JW Restaurant
4107 Harborview Dr., Gig Harbor WA 98332
253.858.3529
Website
Lobster Shop South – Commencement Bay*
4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98402
253.759.2165
Website
Marrow Kitchen + Bar
2717 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, WA 98406
253.267.5299
Website
Maxwell’s Restaurant & Lounge
454 Saint Helens Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.683.4115
Website
The Melting Pot
2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.535.3939
Website
Morso
9014 Peacock Hill Ave., # 100B, Gig Harbor, WA 98332
253.530.3463
Website
The Office Bar & Grill*
813 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.572.3222
Website
Pacific Grill
1502 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.627.3535
Website
Primo Grill
601 S. Pine St., # 102, Tacoma, WA 98405
253.383.7000
Website
The Social Bar & Grill
1715 Dock St., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.301.3835
Website
Stanley & Seafort’s*
115 E. 34th St., Tacoma, WA 98404
253.473.7300
Website
Stink – Cheese & Meat
628 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma WA 98402
253.426.1347
Website
TWOKOI Japanese Cuisine
1552 Commerce St., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.274.8999
Website
Varsity Grill
1114 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402
253.627.1229
Website
Zara Mediterranean Cuisine
1498 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
253.572.1222
Website
Contact:
Chrystal Morisette
(253) 584-1212
cmorisette@weeklyvolcano.com