Pittsburgh Restaurant Week
Summer 2013 Kickoff Party

Before the week-long dining deals for Pittsburgh Restaurant Week - Summer 2013 begin at over 50 restaurants across the region, the Pittsburgh Restaurant Week Kickoff Party gives restaurants the opportunity to woo diners into their restaurants for the week.  The cocktail party-style event will include festive cocktails, free samplings from PRW-participating restaurants and charity raffles.  The party begins on August 8, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the National Aviary on Pittsburgh’s historic northside.

Party-goers who attend the event will be provided the opportunity to:

• Browse dining deal menus


• Make restaurant week reservations via OpenTable


• Experience restaurants circulating previews of their PRW tastings.


• Cast a vote fro the #BESTPREVIEW Award


• FREE Admission to the National Aviary

Participating Restaurants

Food tastings will be available from the following restaurants competing for the #BESTPREVIEW award:

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Charity Raffles

Charity raffles have been assembled with the help of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. Gift baskets, gift certificates will be available through raffles. Proceeds from raffles at Pittsburgh Restaurant Week Kickoff Party will benefit the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Transplantation Surgery Auxiliary.

Money raised from the raffles will support programming and research at the Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

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