New Restaurant Weeks support San Antonio Food Bank
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A crispy eggplant with goat cheese and red bell pepper coulis from Brasserie Mon Chou Chou. Photo: Kody Melton
The San Antonio Food Bank's inaugural Restaurant Weeks, which runs now through June 21, offers foodies the chance to try new local dishes for a good cause.
Why it matters: Proceeds from the new program will go toward summer meals for children at a time when federal assistance is lacking in Texas and food prices remain high.
How it works: Restaurants feature special menu items made with produce from the San Antonio Food Bank's urban farms, and $1 from each sale of a menu item goes to the food bank program.
Participating restaurants and dishes include options such as enchiladas de calabacitas at Carriqui and a cheese, thyme and honey flavor at Lick Honest Ice Creams at Pearl.
Zoom in: The San Antonio Food Bank's Summer Meals for Kids program offers free food at sites like libraries and community centers until Aug. 8.
- No registration or ID is required. Find hours and locations online.
What they're saying: The food bank's Restaurant Weeks "is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our partnerships with local restaurants, bars and eateries," food bank CEO Eric Cooper said in a statement.
- "Their support and your participation will directly help ensure that no child goes without a meal this summer."
The big picture: When school is out for the summer, children can lose access to the meals they get at school.
- More than 22% of the children in Bexar County live in food-insecure households, according to the latest estimates from Feeding America.
The latest: For the second year in a row, Texas is not participating in a federal program known as Summer EBT that helps families cover grocery bills.
- But the state is poised to join the program starting in the summer of 2027 after the Texas Legislature approved $60 million in funding for it, according to No Kid Hungry Texas.
Local school districts still offer meals at no cost through a separate federally funded program. Find details for Northside ISD, North East ISD, San Antonio ISD and others online.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to show the state is joining the Summer EBT program in the summer of 2027 (not next summer).