
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announce the restaurants selected to participate in the 13th annual Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week. The event features special menu items offered by the restaurants and runs from Friday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, March 2.
The participating restaurants are:
- Aroma Artisan Pizza – 151 1st Ave SW, Cedar Rapids
- Big Grove Brewery – 170 1st Street SW, Cedar Rapids
- Black Sheep Social Club – 600 1st Street SE, Cedar Rapids
- Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery – 1441 Marak Rd, Swisher
- CityWalk Eatery – 102 2nd Street SE, Cedar Rapids
- Cliffs Dive Bar – 227 2nd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
- Crosby’s – 1028 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids
- Edison’s Eatery – 475 Northland Ave NE, Cedar Rapids
- Groundswell Cafe – 201 3rd Ave SW, Cedar Rapids
- La Cantina Bar & Grill – 5400 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids
- Lacayo – 1202 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids
- Luckys on 16th – 86 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids
- O’s grill LLC – 3911 Center Point Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
- Pickle Palace – 101 1st Ave SW, Cedar Rapids
- Pub 217 – 217 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids
- The Class Act – 7725 Kirkwood Boulevard SW, Cedar Rapids
- The District CR – 415 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids
- The hip-stir – 1120 7th Ave, Marion
- The Quarter Barrel Arcade & Brewery – 616 2nd Ave, Cedar Rapids
For the fourth year in a row, Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week will span a 10-day period that includes two weekends, giving local food lovers more opportunities to sample limited-time specialty dishes being offered by the restaurants.
“Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week is hands-down one of the tastiest times of the year,” said Jenn Draper, events contractor at the Economic Alliance. “It’s all about celebrating the amazing food scene we have right here in the metro and giving everyone a chance to try something new while supporting our local restaurants. We can’t wait to see the community come out and dig in.”
According to a news release, interested patrons can get a sneak peek of the special Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week menus as the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is bringing back the Fork & Knife Feast on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the EPIC Event Center.
The Fork & Knife Feast will feature all the participating Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week restaurants and offer attendees samples of their culinary concoctions and a preview of some items that may be part of their special Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week menus. Tickets for the Fork & Knife Feast are on sale now and include food and drink samples for $75 in advance. This event is limited in number of tickets available due to capacity.
All selected restaurants participating in Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week completed an application process and were chosen based on specific criteria, including being locally owned and operated, by an outside committee. The chosen restaurants offer many diverse dining options at different price levels.