You Are What You Eat During Downtown Restaurant Week

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Do we eat to live or live to eat?

From August 3 through August 9 I suggest you answer this conundrum by choosing to live to eat.

St. Louis's Downtown Resaurant Week returns next Monday through Sunday for its 5th year. Over 25 delicious and diverse destinations will take part in this year's event.  Stop by downtown hot spots like J. Buck's, The Drunken Fish, Clark Street Grill, 400 Olive, Lucas Park and Mosaic for a special 3-course dinner menu for $25 per person plus tip and tax. Check here for a list of participating restaurants.

Since there are no passes to buy, coupons to carry or cards to punch, St. Louisans can choose to attend any participating restaurant any night during the week long event.  Gorge yourself on some of St. Louis's best food all seven nights of the week or dine out  just once, it doesn't matter.  Over 15,000 diners participated in the event last year and just as strong of a turn-out is expected again. Organizers suggest making reservations in advance in order to make sure you secure a table at the restaurant you want to visit. 

Downtown Restaurant Week is also a great opportunity to give back to a local charity that helps the St. Louis community. When paying your check you can offer an "extra helping" to Operation Food Search, the largest distributor of free food in St. Louis that helps over 100,000 people each month at over 250 food pantries. An extra helping will add $5 to your bill and to the event's donation to Operation Food Search.

Remember, you are what you eat, so eat well during Downtown Restaurant Week.