Three Square Food Bank Announces Return of Las Vegas Restaurant Week, June 6-17
Calling all foodies and restaurateurs: Three Square Food Bank’s highly anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Week is set to return June 6-17, 2022. The 12-day event gives Southern Nevada’s restaurants the opportunity to showcase their venues and menus through culinary arts, while also inviting the public to enjoy their favorite restaurants or try new spots – all while giving back to food-insecure residents across the valley.
Restaurant owners and chefs interested in participating should contact Three Square’s Restaurant Week team at 702.909.5519 or [email protected].
“Las Vegas’ food scene is unparalleled, not just because our community is home to some of the best eateries in the world, but also because the industry itself is filled with people who care about the hundreds of thousands of locals who are food-insecure,” said Three Square President and CEO Brian Burton. “For more than a decade and throughout the pandemic, Las Vegas Restaurant Week serves to remind us of the goodness of those who live here and the lengths we’ll go to get food to our neighbors who need it most.”
During Las Vegas Restaurant Week, participating restaurants across the valley develop prix fixe menus – some offering breakfast, brunch, lunch and/or dinner – at price points ranging from $20 to $80. A fixed portion of the meal’s cost will directly support Three Square and the one in six Southern Nevadans who are food insecure.
Approximately two weeks before Las Vegas Restaurant Week begins, the mobile-friendly website, RestaurantWeekLV.org, will launch, providing a list of participating restaurants and their prix fixe menus.
“We already have chefs and managers calling us to express interest in signing up, so we’ve opened up the channel to start lining up restaurants now,” Burton continued. “And for the public, we invite you to save the date on your calendars now so you’ll be ready for the kickoff in early June!”
Last year, in addition to a record number of 48 first-time restaurant participants, funds donated during Las Vegas Restaurant Week provided more than 180,000 meals to the nearly 364,000 valley residents struggling with hunger. Since 2007, more than 5.5 million meals have been provided for those in need through the event.
About Three Square Food Bank
Three Square is Southern Nevada’s only food bank and largest hunger relief organization, serving Las Vegas and all of Clark, Lincoln, Esmeralda and Nye counties. Since opening in 2007, Three Square has provided more than 444 million pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in need and earned a reputation as one of the most efficient and effective food banks in the country. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Three Square immediately implemented a disaster response plan to answer sudden school and business closures, drastic declines in retail food donations, social distancing limitations on volunteer efforts, reduced on-site staff support, and the need for low-contact food distributions. Within days, Three Square had increased food distribution by 250,000 meals a week and increased the capacity of its Call Center to refer Southern Nevadans to available food resources, social services, and unemployment benefits. A member of the Feeding America network of food banks, Three Square remains committed to its mission of providing wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community. If you or someone you know needs food assistance, or wants to learn more about Three Square’s vision of a community where no one is hungry, please connect at threesquare.org, Facebook (@ThreeSquareFoodBank), Instagram (@threesquarelv) and Twitter (@threesquarelv).