Here's What You Can Eat During Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week

UPDATE 2/18:

Be sure to pick up your Restaurant Week Punch Card at any of the 21 participating restaurants this week, because it could nab you a prize! The press release reads:

"Order a specialty menu item, or spend $20 on food, and you’ll receive a special stamp on the card. Collect at least five stamps and take the card, or mail it, to the Economic Alliance (501 First St SE, Cedar Rapids) to be entered into a drawing for chance to win a Restaurant Week gift basket."

ORIGINAL STORY 2/10:

I hope you're hungry!

Just last week, all of the participating restaurants for the 2022 Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week were revealed. This year's celebration of locally-owned restaurants will take place over the course of ten days, from Friday, February 18th through Sunday, February 27th, with 21 Cedar Rapids restaurants selected to take part.

Ahead of the event's kickoff next week, we now know exactly what each restaurant will be serving during Restaurant Week. Each destination will still offer their usual menu, but many have also come up with a few new items that guests will be able to order, as well as deals and specials. Here are your options at each place:

350 First - 350 1st Avenue NE

Green Chile Cornbread
350 Chicken and Waffle
Maple Butterscotch Pudding

Black Sheep Social Club - 600 1st Street SE

Pork Sausage Terrine

Cedar Ridge - 1441 Marak Rd NW, Swisher

White Noise Cocktail
Time In The Sun (cocktail)
The Everything (Wood-Fired Pizza)
Landlocked (sharable blue crab appetizer)

Chophouse Downtown - 411 1st Street SE

Grilled Mahi Mahi

The Class Act - 7725 Kirkwood Boulevard SW

Crispy Chicken BLT
Country Fried Beef Tenderloin
Fig and Salted Caramel Cheesecake

The Edison Pub and Eatery - 475 Northland Avenue NE

$20 Three-Course Meal with Soup or Salad, Dessert of the Day, and your choice of entrée:
- Mac and Cheese or Buffalo Mac and Cheese
- Edison Burger
- Pot Roast
- Black Out Salad

Fong's Pizza - 1006 3rd Street SE

Peppadew Poppers
Fong's Pizza Bowl (mashed potatoes, fried chicken, corn, cheese, gravy, & green onion)

Groundswell Café - 201 3rd Avenue SW

Breakfast (7 a.m. to 11 a.m.)
- Strawberry French Toast
- Fruit Parfait
- Breakfast Potatoes
Lunch (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Pineapple Coconut Curry
- Mango Salsa Salad
- Baba Ganoush Sandwich

La Cantina Bar N Grill - 5400 Edgewood Road NE

Margarita Flight (four flavors)
El Carnal (cocktail)
Appetizer Platter
- Cheese Dip
- Chicken Quesadillas
- Sweet Chili Chicken Wings
- Nachos
Cheese Flight
Seafood Trio (tacos)
Birria Grilled Cheese
Torta Ahogada
Tres Leches Cake

Lion Bridge Brewing Company - 59 16th Avenue SW

Meatballs in Tikka Masala sauce with Toasted Pita
Beef Short Ribs
Ginger Peanut Breaded Plant Based Chick’n Cutlet
Ginger Peanut Breaded Chicken Cutlet
Emperor of Cheesecake (Neapolitan)

LP Street Food - 302 3rd Avenue SW

Smoked Pork Ramen
Sake To Me (cocktail)
Apple Hand Pies
Cider Shooter

Lucky's on 16th - 86 16th Avenue SW

Cajun Seafood Benedict
Philly Sandwich
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich

The Map Room - 416 3rd Street SE

The “Ode to the Iowa Potluck” Burger with the Old Fashioned Corn on the Cob Cocktail

Mulligan's Pub - 1060 Old Marion Rd NE

Fried Banana Empanada
Brazilian Churrasco Steak Sandwich
Blueberry Caipirinha (cocktail)

Nara Thai Cuisine - 1725 Blairs Ferry Rd, Marion

Lunch Menu - $11 for two appetizers and your choice of entrée:
- Lek Tom Yum
- Country Pad Thai
- Gra Pow Kai
Dinner Menu - $25-$27 for a Dumpling Sampler Appetizer, Thai Custard Cake, and your choice of entrée:
- Pineapple Delight
- Pad Cha Talay
- Hang Lay Beef
- Orange Duck