RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond Restaurant Week kicked off Monday, October 24, at dozens of restaurants around Richmond. Each participating restaurant is offering a three-course prix-fixe meal for $35.22. From each meal purchased, $5.22 is donated to Feed More.
Acacia owner Aline Reitzer started Richmond Restaurant Week as a way to raise awareness about the city's restaurants and raise money for the food bank.
"I grew up in New Jersey and being in the restaurant business when New York Restaurant Week started, you could go to Union Pacific and all these amazing restaurants and you know what you're going to spend, and it was affordable, and you get to try these restaurants," Aline Reitzer said. "In 2001, I brought on nine local restaurants. They sat on our porch overlooking Carytown and I pitched the idea to them. I knew that Richmond was a very charitable and giving community. I knew that you couldn't just say, 'Hey, it's Restaurant Week, go out to eat and support the restaurants.' So I wanted to line up this opportunity with Central Virginia Food Bank [now Feed More]. So restaurateurs are feeding the general public on every given day and this money would then, in turn, feed those in need."
Here is a list of the 2022 Richmond Restaurant Week participants:
Quirk Hotel Lobby Bar & Q Rooftop
The Boathouse at Rocket's Landing
The Daily Kitchen & Bar at Short Pump
The Hard Shell at The Shoppes at Bellgrade
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