Saratoga County Restaurant Week returns in March with gift card sweepstakes
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce has announced the return of the annual Saratoga County Restaurant Week, scheduled for Wednesday, March 22 through Thursday, March 30.
The chamber invites Saratoga County restaurants to participate for free in this popular event. Rather than set a fixed-price menu with limited options, restaurants have the flexibility to set their own prices and menus (for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and/or takeout) for customers to experience and enjoy. “This event is designed to support ALL local restaurants in Saratoga County,” said Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, in a press release. “Restaurants are still dealing with uncertainty and uncontrollable factors, such as staffing shortages, random food cost spikes, and packaging challenges. If this event can help them, then we want to make it as flexible and impactful as possible.”
Driscoll Foods is one of the event sponsors. “Our locally owned restaurants are an integral part of Saratoga’s thriving community, and we will do everything we can to support them,” Driscoll Foods division president Steven Donnelly said in the release. “I look forward to seeing the menus these talented chefs come up with and enjoying a great meal with family and friends. I hope that others take this opportunity to experience all that Saratoga’s restaurants have to offer.”
This year, the event will include a gift card sweepstakes through which three lucky winners will receive prize packages of 10 $100 gift cards to restaurants throughout Saratoga County. Participants may enter the sweepstakes daily on the chamber’s website, and winners will be selected and notified by email the first week of April.
“We are excited to work with the team at the Saratoga County Chamber to bring Restaurant Week back again this year,” said Scott Heffner, senior vice president and director of marketing at Capital Bank, another event sponsor. “With so many of our local restaurants offering exciting and unique options, we encourage the community to come out, especially this week, and support local dining.”
The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce has been spearheading the well-known Saratoga County Restaurant Week for the last six years.
“We look forward to Restaurant Week every single year — as does the community,” Shimkus continued in the release. “When we dine in or take out at Saratoga County restaurants, we’re supporting local and ensuring restaurant owners can continue to keep their doors open to serve customers for years to come. We hope you’ll try a new restaurant or visit a local favorite for a meal during Restaurant Week!”