PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Dine Latino Restaurant Week kicks off Monday, celebrating Latino entrepreneurship across the greater Philadelphia region.
Twice a year, participating Latino restaurants offer select deals or prix fixe menus. This September restaurant week coincides with another significant time.
“It is Hispanic Heritage Month, and in the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber [of Commerce], we thought that the importance of the restaurant industry in the Latino community should be celebrated,” explained Jennifer Rodriguez, chamber president and CEO.
Dine Latino Restaurant Week started during the pandemic to help struggling business owners, but it has also become a way to educate diners about Hispanic culture.
“Food and culture are ways in which we maintain ourselves,” she said, “connected to our homelands, to our history, to our heritage.”
The event runs Monday through Friday. The nearly two dozen participating restaurants are offering a free dessert or appetizer with the purchase of two entrees.
On Friday, there will also be a cooking demonstration at Reading Terminal Market with James Beard Award-winning chef and activist Cristina Martinez of South Philly Barbacoa.
“This is the grand finale of Restaurant Week,” said Rodriguez. “This is a new feature that we have added, and we think that Christina Martinez is an outstanding representation of a Latino entrepreneur in the food industry.”
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Participating restaurants include:
South Philadelphia:
Adelita Taqueria & Restaurant
Alma del Mar
Arepa Grub Spot
Casa Mexico
Creme Brulee French Bistro
Frida Cantina
Plaza Garibaldi
Queen and Rook Game Cafe
Rosario’s Pizzeria
South Street Souvlaki
Taqueria Morales
Center City:
Bar Bombon
El Merkury
Mixto
Northern Liberties:
Las Cazuelas BYOB
North Philadelphia:
The New Lou & Choo’s
Surrounding counties:
Cafe con Leche, Newtown, Bucks County
Chef Vargas Brunch N’ Tacos, Elkins Park, Montgomery County
H&B New York Style, Drexel Hill, Delaware County
La Ingrata, Camden, New Jersey
San Lucas, Camden, New Jersey
For more information on Dine Latino Restaurant Week, visit the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s website.
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