Saturday, February 15 marks the start of Eat Drink HTX, the extra reasonably priced sister occasion to Houston Restaurant Weeks, that includes particular eating offers at informal eating places.
Greater than 125 eating places are taking part within the occasion’s fourth 12 months, with Houston institutions like Mala Sichuan Bistro, Molina’s Cantina, and El Pollo Loco peppering the listing with a number of outposts.
Following the mannequin of HRW, taking part eating places have crafted fixed-price menus — $15 for lunch or brunch and $25 for dinner — with every meal bought producing a donation of $1 or $3 for the Cleverley Stone Basis, which in flip donates proceeds to the Houston Meals Financial institution and Youngsters’ Meals.
With costs which are extra accessible than HRW’s $25 lunch menus and $39 or $55 dinner menus, Eat Drink HTX opens the door for informal eating places, cafes, bakeries, and occasional outlets to hitch in, with standouts together with The Sylvie, Andes Cafe, Duck n Bao, and Traveler’s Cart.
Get a $25, two-course dinner at Traveler’s Cart.
Photograph by Jenn Duncan
“I’m thrilled to announce Youngsters’ Meals as a 2025 beneficiary of Eat Drink HTX,” Katie Stone, Cleverley Stone Basis president, stated in a press release. “Their dedication to ending childhood starvation by offering free, wholesome meals to preschool-aged kids is really inspiring. As somebody keen about supporting kids and households in our group, I’m assured that their influence will proceed to vary lives and produce hope to those that want it most.”
What units Eat Drink HTX other than its bigger fundraising occasion in August is the chance to benefit from the eating offers to discover greater than the normal eating places.
House Run Dugout lets patrons think about what it’s wish to be Yordan Alvarez. The venue’s indoor batting cages and augmented actuality immerse the participant in a simulation of a stadium equivalent to Daikin Park, with soft-pitch expertise that permits anybody six and over to play. The Katy baseball vacation spot’s full-service restaurant is providing a $15 lunch and $25 dinner throughout Eat Drink HTX. Diners can select from choices like birria quesadillas, rooster wings, and a crushed brisket mix double-patty burger.
For a extra enjoyable night, catch the most recent Captain America flick with out having to fret about dinner at one in every of Star Cinema Grill’s eight Houston-area areas. The dine-in-theater is providing a $25 two-course dinner deal that includes popcorn, fried pickles, rooster and waffles, and a goat cheese and mushroom flatbread.
“Being a part of Eat Drink HTX 2025 is a tremendous alternative to show the enjoyment of eating out into hope for hungry kids,” stated Beth Braniff Harp, CEO of Youngsters’ Meals. “Youngsters’ Meals is deeply grateful for the help from taking part eating places and diners, whose generosity will assist us proceed to feed preschoolers in Houston and construct brighter futures.”