Birmingham Restaurant Week, the city’s first ever dining incentive event in local restaurants, returns for the 12th time this week.
In 2020, BRW organizers James Little and marketing agency Style Advertising introduced some changes to the food series to help participating restaurants recover from the financial blow of the COVID-19 pandemic, including adding more to the program eight days and the approval of bars and food trucks to attend the event, which continued into January’s winter restaurant week.
This year the celebrations will take place from Thursday, August 12th to Sunday, August 29th, and guests have the option of two-, three- and four-course breakfast, lunch and dinner menus at a fixed price of over 60. to enjoy restaurants, bars and food trucks in the Birmingham area.
Birmingham Restaurant Week will also host a number of ticketing events in addition to nearly two weeks of culinary specials. Wineology, BRW’s wine tasting event, will return on August 18, and details of other upcoming events will be released in the coming days.
Organizers will continue efforts to help restaurants recover from the public health crisis. With restaurants across the state facing persistent staffing shortages, BRW launched a job resource portal to connect culinary businesses with people seeking work in the food and beverage industry, especially as diners seek the “excitement and normalcy of serving.” said the organizers in a press release.
“During the pandemic, many restaurants were able to avoid closing their doors by offering pick-up, to-go and roadside delivery services,” BRW and owner of Style Advertising said in the press release. “With BRW, our goal is not only to promote locally owned restaurants, but also to help them where there are problems. So this will definitely be a strong focus in the months leading up to BRW and beyond. “
Birmingham Restaurant Week organizers estimate that attendees served 130,000 meals and posted gross sales of more than $ 4 million during last year’s event and winter restaurant week.
From finding participating restaurants to finding a job portal, here are three things you should know about Birmingham Restaurant Week:
Customers can use a search tool to view participating restaurants.
Birmingham Restaurant Week and the advertising site Bham Now have developed a search tool that customers can use to find the locations, menus and prices of all participating BRW restaurants. The tool can be found on the Birmingham Restaurant Week homepage and in the FOOD / DRINK section of the website. Users can search restaurants by metropolitan area Birmingham, food options and services including food and dining.
Vino will host this year’s Wineology wine tasting.
Wine-O-logy, Birmingham Restaurant Week’s signature wine tasting with hors d’oeuvres and live music, will be on Wednesday 18th Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223). Presale tickets are $ 30 per person and $ 50 per couple. A limited number of walk-up tickets will be available for $ 35 per person. Tickets and information on other BRW events are available at bhamrestaurantweek.com/events/.
Restaurateurs and job seekers can use the BRW Culinary Job Recruitment application as a resource.
Connecting culinary employers with people looking to work in the hospitality industry is a key objective of this upcoming edition of Birmingham Restaurant Week. Event organizers developed the culinary recruitment application to help potential employees and employers streamline the application process. Applicants can fill out a form at bhamrestaurantweek.com/jobs asking for contact information, availability, experience and desired positions. Applicants also have the option to upload a resume. Once applicants have submitted the form, Restaurant Week organizers will forward the submissions to the participating companies that are hiring. The website also has a database for job seekers to apply directly to specific restaurants, as well as to filter search results for different positions.
Details:
Birmingham Restaurant Week runs Thursday 12th August to Sunday 29th August. More information is available at www.bhamrestaurantweek.com.
