FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
14th Annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week Returns with Record-Breaking Number of
Participating Restaurants in 2020
First-Ever Partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank Encourages Patrons to ‘Dine to Make a Difference’
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. (Dec. 11, 2019) – Newport Beach Restaurant Week, presented by Dine Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Restaurant Association, returns as Orange County’s longest-standing restaurant week, Jan. 13, 2020 for its 14th year. The annual event offers diners prixe-fixe menus for lunch ($10+), dinner ($20+) and weekend brunch ($15+) from Newport Beach restaurants featuring the region’s best and brightest chefs. For the first time, Newport Beach Restaurant Week is partnering with local food bank, Second Harvest, to raise funds to help fight hunger in Orange County.
New This Year
A record-breaking 74 restaurants will take part in Newport Beach Restaurant Week 2020 with the new addition of weekend brunch! New Restaurant Week participants include:
- Buddha’s Favorite
- CdM Restaurant
- Chihuahua Cerveza
- Fable & Spirit
- GuacAmigos
- Mama’s Comfort Food & Cocktails
- Royal Hen
- Tavern House Kitchen+Bar
- Tupelo Junction Café
- Xanadu Café.
See last page for a complete list.
Second Harvest Food Bank Partnership
Newport Beach Restaurant Week and Second Harvest Food Bank are partnering for the first time introducing ‘Dine to Make a Difference’. During Newport Beach Restaurant Week, diners will have the opportunity to donate to Second Harvest to help local childen and families with hunger. Second Harvest is the largest hunger relief organization in Orange County and feeds over 250,000 people in need each month through more than 300 community partners and programs. Every $1 dollar contributed provides food for 3 meals and donations can be made here.
Newport Beach Restaurant Kick-Off Event
Kicking off the 14-day event is an intimate tasting event on Thursday, Jan. 9 at Fashion Island’s Lincoln Experience Center. With a limited supply of just 150 tickets available to the public, culinary enthusiasts will be
able to indulge in a variety of event-exclusive dishes created by Fable & Spirit, Provenance, CdM Restaurant, Tavern House Kitchen+Bar, Buddha’s Favorite, Pelican Hill’s Coliseum Pool & Grill and Sgt. Pepperoni’s. Tickets are $50 and includes tastings for each booth and two glasses of wine or beer. A portion of each ticket sold will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.
For more information and to book your reservation, click here.
Newport Beach Restaurant Week images can be found here.
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About Newport Beach Restaurant Association
Comprised of more than 450 restaurants and foodservice operators, the Newport Beach Restaurant Association is a non-partisan, non-profit cooperative marketing association that brands Newport Beach dining and promotes the commercial welfare of restaurants and the foodservice industry in the City of Newport Beach, California. Every establishment is assessed a levy to be used toward marketing, advertising and public relations for dining in Newport Beach. For more information, please visit www.visitnewportbeach.com/about-dinenb/newport-beach-restaurant-association/
About Dine Newport Beach
Dine Newport Beach is a strategic marketing initiative cooperatively created and managed by the Newport Beach Restaurant Association and Newport Beach & Company. It is designed to enhance the economic vitality of the Newport Beach culinary community by showcasing and promoting Newport Beach, California as a dining destination offering innovative cuisine, fresh fare, diverse experiences and a variety of exceptional restaurants. For more information, please visit www.visitnewportbeach.com/dinenewportbeach/
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Erin Rose
Newport Beach & Company
949.467.2758
erose@newportbeachandco.com
Grace Hong
Newport Beach & Company
949.706.5309
grace@newportbeachandco.com
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
21 Oceanfront
A Restaurant
A&O Kitchen+Bar
Andrea
Avila’s El Ranchito – CdM
Avila’s El Ranchito – Newport
Back Bay Bistro
Balboa Lily’s
Bayside Restaurant
Beachcomber Cafe
Bluewater Grill
Buddha’s Favorite
Cafe Jardin
Canaletto Ristorante Veneto
Cappy’s Cafe
CDM Restaurant
Chihuahua Cerveza
Coliseum Pool & Grill
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Current Coastal Cuisine
Dory Deli
Eddie V’s
Fable & Spirit
Farmhouse @ Roger’s Gardens
FIG & OLIVE
Five Crowns
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
Fly n Fish Oyster Bar
Gracias Madre Newport Beach
Great Maple
GuacAmigos
Harborside Restaurant
Helmsman Ale House
Hook & Spear
Hornblower Cruises & Events
Jan’s Health Bar
Juliette Kitchen and Bar
Lighthouse Cafe
Malarky’s Irish Pub
Mamas Comfort Food & Cocktails
Mayor’s Table Pacific Pub & Kitchen
Modo Mio Rustic Italian Kitchen
Moulin
Muldoon’s Irish Pub
Newport Landing Restaurant
Nobu Newport Beach
Oak Grill
OLEA, Cellar. Craft. Cook.
Pandor Bakery Cafe
Pelican Grill
Pescadou Bistro
Provenance
Red O
Rockin Baja Lobster
Rothschild’s
Royal Hen
Rusty Pelican
Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store
Shor American Seafood Grill
Sol Mexican Cocina
Stag Bar + Kitchen
Summer House
Sushi Roku Newport Beach
Tackle Box
Tavern House kitchen+bar
The Alley Restaurant
The Bungalow Restaurant
The Winery Restaurant and Wine Bar Newport
True Food Kitchen
Tupelo Junction Cafe
Waterline Newport Beach
Woody’s Wharf
XANADU CAFE
Zinqué
*New participating restaurants noted in red.