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Center City District Restaurant Week Encourages Locally Sourced Dishes, Beginning January 22nd

Center City District Restaurant Week runs from January 22–27 and January 29–February 3. Make your reservations today!

It’s that time of year: Center City District Restaurant Week returns for its annual winter edition, January 22–27 and January 29–February 3, during which you can relish three-course meals for $35 in 124 restaurants and three-course lunches for just $20 in 54 of these participating destinations.

And for the second time,we at Philly Homegrown are partnering with Center City District Restaurant Week to promote local food at participating restaurants. Just look for the special tractor icon that designates which dish is locally sourced.

Also, CCD and Philly.com are running an awesome contest as part of the cookbook release; make one of the recipes from “Center City Cooks” and take a photo of it. If your dish looks restaurant-quality, you’ll have a chance to win dinner for two ($100) at Davio’s during Center City District Restaurant Week! You have until January 8 to enter.

Check out the full list of participating restaurants to start making your reservations! You can even do so on your phone, using Restaurant Week’s awesome mobile site.

We’re hungry already.

Center City District Restaurant Week
When: January 22–27 and January 29–February 3, 2012
Where: Restaurants throughout Center City
Cost: dinner for $35, lunch for $20
More info: www.centercityphila.org

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