Summer Restaurant Weeks in Stamford Downtown Start Today!

There’s no better way to wrap up the final weeks of summer than with al fresco dining during 2012 Summer Restaurant Weeks in Stamford Downtown. Stamford Tables (Stamford Downtown’s restaurant association) has brought back this ever popular event for the weeks of Monday August 20th through Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd. With 30 restaurants to choose from, all with tantalizing prixe-fixe menus, you, your friends and your family will have plenty of opportunities to try a new eatery or return to one of your favorites.

Where: This summer’s Restaurant Weeks participants include Bar Q, Hudson Grille, Station Eats and Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse. All are new to the Stamford dining scene since the last incarnation of Restaurant Weeks. This summer’s returning Stamford Table’s restaurants are Aria Restaurant, Bar Rosso, Barcelona Wine Bar, BUtterfield 8, California Pizza Kitchen, The Capital Grill, Capriccio Café, Chez Jean Pierre, Columbus Park Trattoria, Emme of Capri, EOS Greek Cuisine, Grand, Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant, Kujaku Japanese Restaurant, Lola’ Mexican Kitchen, Mitchell’s Fish Market, Morton’s, The Steakhouse, napa & co., Patrizia’s of Stamford, Picante! Fresh Mexican Grill, Quattro Pazzi, Remo’s Brick Oven Pizza, SBC Downtown Restaurant & Brewery, Tengda Asian Bistro, Volta Gelateria Creperia, and ZAZA Italian Gastrobar.

Co-sponsoring the event for the first time is MasterCard Worldwide, who will be partnering with Stamford Tables to promote their Stand Up to Cancer program. For every meal over $10 paid for using your MasterCard, the company will donate one cent per transaction (up to $4 million dollars) to help fund accelerated cancer research. Just remember PIN-based transactions and purchases with non-U.S. issued cards are not eligible. So bring your Mastercard along while dining out during Summer Restaurant Weeks and you can do your part in aiding the search for a cure to Cancer!

Also making a return as a valuable co-sponsor is Stamford Hospital, promoting their KIDS’ FANS 5-2-1-0 program, designed to promote health and fitness among Stamford’s youth. Nineteen restaurants are participating in this program and will offer children under 12 years old a healthy lunch for $6.95 or dinner for $9.95. The Avon Film Center is also co-sponsoring the event, so be sure to be one of the first 3,000 Summer Restaurant Weeks patrons to receive a voucher for a free medium sized popcorn at the Avon Theater.

Preview Summer Restaurant Weeks menus. There are menus for our 30 restaurants who look forward to serving you. So remember, the best time to take advantage of al fresco dining in Stamford Downtown during the waning days of summer is August 20 through Labor Day, September 3. So relax and enjoy!

2012 Stamford Tables Summer Restaurant Weeks is presented by Stamford Downtown Special Services District (DSSD) & Stamford Tables.