SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — From September 19-25, Safety Harbor is internet hosting its first-ever restaurant week and native eating places are cooking up one thing particular.
“We’ve got lobster rolls, crab buckets, fresh shucked oysters, island nachos overflowing with Mahi meat and grouper,” Bar Fly worker Mark Fuller stated.
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Almost 25 eating places are providing particular menus. Many have three-course meal choices various in worth from $15 to $45.
The inaugural Safety Harbor Restaurant Week coincides with what’s sometimes the slowest month of the yr for native eating places.
“Once the calendar switches over to October, individuals begin popping out,” Whistle Stop Grill & Bar owner Lewis Kenny said. “We are preparing for that. We’re all enthusiastic about it. It’s been an extended and hard summer season.”
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The eating places aren’t the one ones benefiting: a portion of the proceeds from this week’s gross sales will go in direction of the Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center Food Bank. The group has seen a 25% spike in households needing assist.
“We’re trying to make ends meet but we are having a hard time,” Executive Director Danielle Husband defined. “So we’re very grateful to Safety Harbor and restaurant week with our meals invoice going up $500 a week now.”
Between 130 and 150 families are now coming to Mattie Williams in Safety Harbor to pick up groceries every week. The organization is seeing a record need and is dealing with inflation itself.
“It’s been difficult. We were getting dairy and eggs donated to us from another local food bank, but their resources have changed,” Husband added. “So for the past month, we’ve been able to buy those items. From a financial standpoint, that wasn’t in the budget.”
You might help feed households whilst you feed your personal and provides eating places a lift when it’s wanted most.
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“We call it locals being local, everyone is working together,” Kenny stated.
You don’t want tickets for restaurant week, however reservations are really helpful.
- Here’s the lineup of eating places:
- Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza
- Bar Fly
- Bassano Cheesecake Café
- The Brinehouse
- Coastal Cantina
- Daydreamer’s Café & Grill
- Famous Greek
- Gigglewaters
- Ice Barr
- The Kitchen
- Marker 39
- The NONA Slice House
- Paradise Restaurant
- The Pub at Safety Harbor
- Southern Fresh
- The Tides Seafood Market & Provisions
- Tiki Tavern
- Whistle Stop Grill
You can take a look at lots of the Restaurant Week menus on the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page.