Las Vegas Restaurant Week..right around the corner!

Las Vegas Restaurant Week returns – February 27 through March 4, 2012 – the first ever spring edition of the popular culinary event. Locals and tourists have 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.

Taking part in Las Vegas Restaurant Week is simple. Diners can visit any participating restaurant during the specified dates 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: $20.12, $30.12 or $50.12, with a fixed portion of the proceeds benefiting Three Square and the fight against hunger in Southern Nevada.

This spring, diners have the unique opportunity to make their dollar count twice. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation pledged $5 million towards Three Square Food Bank’s 2011-2012 annual budget. Three million dollars of the pledge is specifically designated as matching funds, meaning each dollar will be matched one-to-one by the grant, through April 30, 2012.

There are more than 70 participating restaurants including previous Restaurant Week mainstays: Bar + Bistro @ the arts factory, Rick Moonen’s rm seafood at Mandalay Bay, TAO at The Venetian and DW Bistro in the Southwest. New to the line-up this year are Grape Street Café Wine Bar & Cellar in the Northwest, Grotto in the Golden Nugget, NOVE Italiano at The Palms Casino & Resort and Beso Steakhouse at Crystals @ City Center, among others.

A complete list of Las Vegas Restaurant Week participants and menu details can be found at www.helpoutdineoutlv.org. The easy-to-navigate 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 hash tag #LVRW2012, and on Facebook by ‘Liking’ the Las Vegas Restaurant Week page – http://on.fb.me/lvrwfb

In addition to spring Restaurant Week, Three Square will get a jump-start on Hunger Action Month with the fall edition of Restaurant Week, August 27 through September 2, 2012.

ABOUT RESTAURANT WEEK AND THREE SQUARE

Las Vegas Restaurant Week began in 2007 as a way to give locals and tourists the opportunity to help out by dining out each fall. This year marks the first annual Spring Las Vegas Restaurant Week, featuring an additional week of fine dining at prix fixe prices at some of the city’s finest eateries. Proceeds from Restaurant Week benefit Three Square, Southern Nevada’s only food bank. Three Square currently provides more than more than 24 million pounds of food and grocery product – the equivalent of nearly 18 million meals – per year to more than 650 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 or www.helpoutdineoutlv.org.