BN Restaurant Week starts May 14

Posted on May 5, 2021
One of the participating restaurants is Epiphany Farms located at 220 E. Front Street in Bloomington. (Facebook/Epiphany Farm)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – With many restaurants impacted this past year due to COVID, the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking to uplift local restaurant owners, cooks, and servers.

“Bloomington-Normal Restaurant Week” is May 14-23 and is a way for the community to support local establishments. McLean County Chamber of Commerce CEO Charlie Moore says over 40 restaurants are participating.

“It’s time to start thinking about where you want to go eat, what food you want to try, and how you want to participate,” Moore told WJBC’s Marc Strauss. “Bloomington-Normal Restaurant Week is a way to really start reactivating and engaging with our restaurants as we move into a post COVID world.”

Moore says each location has created a special offer and there are several different culinary options from burgers and beers to salads and sushi.

More information about Bloomington-Normal Restaurant Week can be found here.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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