Fort Bend restaurants participating in Houston Restaurant Weeks

By Landan Kuhlmann LKuhlmann@fortbendstar.com

A popular Houston area foodie event is coming up on another rendition, and a host of Fort Bend County area restaurants will be participating.

Beginning Aug. 1 and running through Labor Day on Sept. 4, Houston Restaurant Weeks will celebrate its 20th anniversary, according to a news release. For over a month, Houston-area diners will be able to dine out for a cause as select restaurants will serve specially priced, multi-course menus including brunch, lunch, and dinner that will be available for dine-in and take-out, with proceeds benefitting the Houston Food Bank.

Since its inception, the annual event has raised $18.8 million, which equates to 56.4 million meals that have gone to help those who are food insecure in the Houston region. Among Fort Bend County restaurants taking part in the festivities will be Avenida Brazil

Churrasaria Steakhouse – Southwest Houston (12350 Southwest Fwy.) and Whiskey Cake (12575 Southwest Fwy.) in Stafford as well as Thai Cottage (4723 Sweetwater Blvd.), State Fare Kitchen & Bar (15930 City Walk), and Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ (1531 Hwy. 6, Suite 130) in Sugar Land, among other restaurants and dining spots.

HRW was founded in 2003 by 26-year restaurant correspondent and philanthropist Cleverley Stone, who a news release said was known as the “Diva of Dining,” and former host of “The Cleverley Food Talk Radio Show,” which aired live on Saturdays as a freewheeling talk show about food, wine, dining, and issues influencing the food scene at national and local levels.

“As Houston Restaurant Weeks enters its 20th year of dining out for a cause, Houston Food Bank is grateful for the continued support of the Cleverley Stone Foundation,” said Brian Greene, president/CEO of Houston Food Bank.

It is now carried on by her daughter Katie, as Cleverly passed away in 2020. Participating restaurants will make donations based on their HRW sales, according to the release.

“HRW became my mother’s sole purpose,” Katie Stone said. “She was relentless in her passion for its success and supporting the industry she loved. I know that she would be so happy that it continues to thrive! This year’s HRW will see a return to pre-pandemic donation amounts per meals sold, and we hope that area residents will come out to Dine Out & Do Good, which was her mantra.”

For more information and a full list of participating restaurants, visit houstonrestaurantweeks.com/.