Thanks to Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week's Sponsors

We couldn't do it without you!

Thanks to our Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week founding sponsors -- the Missouri Restaurant Association, Greater St. Louis Restaurant Association, Discover, Pepsi Co., and Mahoney Environmental, all in partnership with Operation Food Search.

Welcome These Tasty Additions to the Restaurant Week Menu

Two acclaimed restaurants and their pizza parlor companion in the Lafayette Square area have joined the roster of Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week dining options. 

Vin de Set,  home of the most scenic terrace in St. Louis, and 1111 Mississippi will offer delicious fixed-price menus, October 12-21. If you've never been to these restaurants, this is a great opportunity to try a multi-course meal at a value price.  If you're already a regular patron, you know what awaits at both -- approachable, classic French at Vin de Set and wine country bistro fare at 1111 Mississippi.

PW Pizza is the place to go for fresh, seasonal ingredients atop your pie, along with salads, soups, desserts and craft beers.

Don't forget that you also "do good" while dining during GSLRW. Ten percent of your bill will be donated to Operation Backpack, an Operation Food Search program that helps underserved kids have healthy foods at home on weekends when they are away from school breakfast and lunch programs.

Text Us, Text Us Anytime

Let your smart phone habit pay off this fall.

Text BackPackMRA to 96362 to receive exclusive offers from our participating restaurants.

It's a great way to get ready for Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week, October 12-21.

KTRS Listeners Hear About Restaurant Week

KTRS Radio's Victoria Babu featured Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week on her "Smart Living" show this week. 

Listen to the podcast here.

Participating Restaurant Update

They've got good taste!

Thanks to Grappa Grill, known as the place to be in St. Charles and J. Buck's Downtown -- the spot for great barbecue -- for signing up as Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week participants.

We look forward to seeing what dining delights they're cooking up for our event, October 12-21.

Save the Date for Dining

Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week Offers Fun, Fixed-Price Dining, October 12 – 21, 2012

WHAT:           Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week

WHEN:          October 12 – 21, 2012

WHERE:        Restaurants all across the St. Louis region

DETAILS:      More than 100 participating restaurants will offer fixed-price multi-course  menus at lunch and dinner during Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week to encourage residents and visitors to enjoy new dining experiences.  During past events, 76 percent of customers were first-time diners at participating restaurants.

BENEFIT:     Beyond the opportunity to try new restaurants at fixed prices, diners will be helping a worthwhile St. Louis charity during Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week.

Ten percent of the price of each fixed-price meal purchased during Greater St.Louis Restaurant Week will be donated to Operation Food Search’s OperationBackpack program.

Eighty-five percent of children enrolled in St. Louis public schools rely on free or reduced-cost meal programs. For those children, weekends are filled with hunger and despair, as they often go home to houses with little or no food.

Operation Backpack provides backpacks filled with nutritious, kid-friendly foods on Fridays to help children from disadvantaged circumstances supplement their weekend needs. Backpacks are returned on Mondays and re-filled for the following weekend.

MORE:          Additional information is available at www.restaurantweekstl.com.

Food Funds: Scholarships Now Available from the Greater St. Louis Restaurant Association

Area Residents Can Apply for Financial Assistance to Fund Culinary Education

Fascinated with food? Raving about restaurants? You may be the perfect applicant for a scholarship from the Greater St. Louis Restaurant Association.

Scholarships in the amounts of $1,000 and $500 annually are available.  An application for the funds is available online at www.morestaurants.org.

The Greater St. Louis Restaurant Association’s scholarship program provides financial assistance on a merit basis to students seeking a formal food service education in a two- or four-year college in Missouri.  The scholarships are available to any person who is currently enrolled in culinary or hospitality studies, and that can show personal merit, intellectual capacity and a demonstrated interest in a career in the food service field.  

Applicants must maintain full-time student status in good standing and have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.  Successful applicants also must work at least eight weeks in a full-time food service industry job during the summer preceding the semester for which the award is made.

  

The Greater St. Louis Restaurant Association (GSTLRA) is a chapter of the Missouri Restaurant Association (MRA).  In 2011, MRA awarded $97,500 in scholarships throughout the state.

In related news, the inaugural Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week will be held October 12-21, 2012.  More than a hundred of the region’s finest restaurants will be offering fixed price lunch and dinner menus during the event, giving area residents an opportunity to experience new dining options.  Greater St. Louis Restaurant Week will benefit Operation Food Search’s Operation Backpack program, which provides food for school children who are not getting enough to eat at home on weekends.