Dine In Brooklyn Patrons To Contribute to Share the Table Campaign

Beginning today, Monday, March 15, Dine in Brooklyn patrons will have the opportunity to contribute to Share the Table, a fundraising campaign with the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH). Dine in Brooklyn, an initiative of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Best of Brooklyn, Inc., will officially kick off eleven days of more than 200 Brooklyn restaurants serving up three-course dinner menus for just $25, three-course lunches for $20.10 and even some "two for the price of one" deals at participating eateries.

The generosity of Dine in Brooklyn customers and others will help meet the immediate food needs of low-income families in Brooklyn by supporting food purchases for the Brooklyn Alliance of Community Services, as well as expanding and improving the programs and policies necessary to enable low-income Brooklyn families to achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and move beyond their need for emergency food pantries and soup kitchens.

"As we celebrate Brooklyn's culinary offerings, we must also remember to give generously to those in need," said BP Markowitz. "As someone who grew up without much, in the days before food stamps, I know putting food on the table is often a struggle, and I want to thank the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, executive director Joel Berg, and those restaurants who are participating. We know we'll get lots of donations because Brooklynites and New Yorkers are generous, and we will be reaching so many since Dine in Brooklyn grows more popular each year."

"Hundreds of thousands of Brooklyn residents face the threat of hunger and are forced to use the borough's hundreds of food pantries and soup kitchens," said Joel Berg, executive director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger. "The best solution to this hunger problem in Brooklyn and America is improved governmental and economic policies-and Borough President Markowitz has been a consistent ally in our ongoing efforts to obtain those improved policies. But we also need to ensure that pantries and kitchens have the resources to fill in the gaps. That's why we are so thrilled that Marty has launched the Dine in Brooklyn/Share the Table initiative and that so many wonderful Brooklyn restaurants are proving their community spirit by supporting this vital effort."

Generous sponsors of Dine in Brooklyn include American Express, TD Bank, Time Out New York (media sponsor), Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Restaurant Association, New York State Restaurant Association, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Great Kosher Restaurants magazine.

For a complete list of participating Dine in Brooklyn restaurants, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.

Visit www.nyccah.org/SharetheTable for more on Share the Table and how to donate.

Dine In Brooklyn/Share the Table Participating Restaurants
(Current through March 15; subject to change)

Key: L = Lunch; D = Dinner; B = Brunch; K = Kosher

Bay Ridge

Casa Pepe Restaurant (B/L/D)
Spanish
114 Bay Ridge Avenue
718-833-8865
www.casapepe.com

Greenhouse Café (L/D)
American
7717 3rd Avenue
718-833-8200
www.greenhousecafe.com

Tuscany Grill (D)
Tuscan
8620 3rd Avenue
718-921-5633

Bergen Beach

Il Posto Ristorante (D)
Italian
7409 Avenue U
718-241-4317

Brooklyn Heights

Waterfront Ale House (L/D)
American
155 Atlantic Avenue
718-522-3794
www.waterfrontalehouse.com

Clinton Hill

Five Spot Soul Food Restaurant (D)
Soul food
459 Myrtle Avenue
718-852-0202
www.fivespotsoulfood.com

Ditmas Park

Picket Fence (B/L/D)
New American
1310 Cortelyou Road
718-282-6661
www.picketfencebrooklyn.com

Fort Greene

iCi (D)
French
246 Dekalb Avenue
718-789-2778
www.icirestaurant.com

Madiba Restaurant (B/L/D)
South African
195 Dekalb Avenue
718-855-9190
www.madibarestaurant.com

Olea Mediterranean Taverna (D)
Mediterranean
171 Lafayette Avenue
718-643-7003
www.oleabrooklyn.com

Gravesend

Back To Nature (L/D)(K)
Italian
535 Kings Highway
718-399-0273
www.backtonatureny.com

Park Slope

12th Street Bar & Grill (D)
New American
1123 8th Avenue
718-965-9526
www.12thstreetbarandgrill.com

Alchemy Restaurant & Tavern (L/D)
American
56 5th Avenue
718-636-4385
www.alchemybrooklyn.com

al di la Trattoria (L)
Venetian
248 5th Avenue
718-636-8888

AOC Bistro (B/L/D)
French
259 5th Avenue
718-788-1515
www.aocbistro.com

Barrio (B/L/D)
Mexican
210 7th Avenue
718-965-4000
www.barriofoods.com

bussaco (B/D)
American
833 Union Street
718-857-8828
www.bussacobklyn.com

Moim Restaurant (B/D)
Korean
206 Garfield Place
718-499-8092
www.moimrestaurant.com

Williamsburg

Zenkichi (D)
Japanese
77 North 6th Street
718-388-8985

Two-for-$20.10 brunch, two-for-$20.10 lunch and two-fer-$25.00 dinner at these participating restaurants:

Brooklyn Heights

The Atlantic ChipShop (L/D)
British
129 Atlantic Avenue
718-855-7775
www.chipshopnyc.com

Park Slope

Baluchi's Indian Restaurant (B/L/D)
Indian
310 5th Avenue
718-832-5555
www.baluchis.com

The Park Slope ChipShop (L/D)
383 5th Avenue
718-832-7701
www.chipshopnyc.com