Downtown Pittsfield Restaurant Week will feature a passport to encourage people to dine in as many restaurants as possible over the 10 days. Patrons will receive a stamp on their passport for each unique place they dine, with each stamp being an entry into a prize package drawing for restaurant gift cards. If a person visits 10 different places in the 10 days, they will get 10 bonus entries, and if they donate a non-perishable food item to benefit the South Community Food Pantry at South Congregational Church, they will also receive a bonus stamp. Donations may be dropped off at Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., 33 Dunham Mall, from 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday.

The passport will be available at participating locations the week of February 16. Participating locations include 101 Restaurant & Bar, Berkshire Palate, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, Espetinho Carioca, Hot Harry’s, Hot Plate Brewing Co., LuLu’s Tiny Grocery, Methuselah Bar & Lounge, Otto’s Kitchen & Comfort, Patrick’s Pub, Thistle and Mirth, and Thrive Diner.

Downtown Pittsfield Restaurant Week will feature “Perfect 10 Cocktails” by Berkshire Mountain Distillers at select locations, as well as 10-themed menus highlighting some of the best our restaurants have to offer.

Hot Plate Brewing Co. will be holding a 10-day event, each event celebrating one of their first ten beers and featuring local musicians, writers, and business owners, as well as some incredible women working in the Craft Beer industry in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Hot Plate will be kicking off “The First Ten” event with a special performance by local musicians Chris Merenda, Dave Brown, and Daniel Broad on February 16 at 7 pm. There will be Bricks & Brews with Erin Laundry from Bottomless Bricks on 2/21 and Trivia Night with Double Entendre on 2/22. The full list of events, descriptions, and collaborators can be found at hotplatebeer.com/thefirstten.

Downtown Pittsfield Restaurant Week is sponsored by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. and the Mill Town Foundation.

The mission of Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. is to strengthen and promote Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.’s membership through advocacy, collaboration, and celebration.

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