Center City Philadelphia

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Linda K. Harris, Director of Communications
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"Center City Cooks," CCD's Online Cookbook, Offers Your Favorite Restaurant's Recipes as CCD Restaurant Week Presented by TD Banks Begins

(September 12, 2011) For everyone who has ever wanted to re-create their favorite restaurant dish at home, "Center City Cooks" is for you! Imagine being able to serve up the Garces Trading Company's "Cauliflower Antipasto," Lolita's Chile Pumpkin Soup," or "Stuffed Calamari" from Bistro St. Tropez! Now you can! And there's many more recipes from Le Bec-Fin, the Capital Grille, El Vez and others!

Launched today, along with Center City District Restaurant Week Presented by TD Bank, "Center City Cooks" offers nearly two dozen seasonal recipes and other useful cooking information on the CCD's website at centercityphila.org/RestaurantWeek. All of the recipes are from restaurants participating in Restaurant Week. Print them out and collect them all! Make your own loose-leaf cookbook! Or go back again and again to use the searchable database.

And don't forget to make a reservation for Center City District Restaurant Week Presented by TD Bank. You have two weeks to choose from: September 12-16 and September 18-23.

The Center City District has an exciting new partnership with Philly Homegrown, a program of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), to promote locally grown produce in featured dishes at all participating Restaurant Week locations. Philly Homegrown is a partner in both Restaurant Week and "Center City Cooks."

And there's more! You can easily access Center City District Restaurant Week Presented by TD Bank on the go! Center City District Restaurant Week Presented by TD Bank now has a mobile website, which makes it even easier to find a restaurant, see the menu and make reservations right from your phone. Find it at m.centercityphila.org.

The Philadelphia Parking Association and Philadelphia Parking Authority will offer a place for your car at the deep discount of $9 or less at dozens of lots and garages all over Center City!

Here are the other participating restaurants you'll want to consider:
Alma de Cuba, Amada, Amuse at Le Meridien Hotel, Audrey Claire, Barbuzzo, Bellini Grill, Bindi, Bistro 7, Bistro La Baia, Bistro Romano, Bistro St. Tropez, Bleu Martini, Bliss, Branzino, Bridget Foy's, Buddakan, Butcher and Singer, Byblos, Cafe Nola, Caribou Café, Chifa, Chima, Chops, Cichetteria 19, City Tavern, Cooperage, Cuba Libre, D'Angelo, Davio's, Del Frisco's, Devil's Alley, Devon, DiNardo's, Dolce, El Vez, Estia, Farmicia, Fat Salmon, Fogo de Chão, Fork, Friday Saturday Sunday, Fuji Mountain, Garces Trading Company, GiGi, Girasole, Il Portico, Knock, La Famiglia, La Fontana della Citta, Lacroix at the Rittenhouse, LaScala's, Le Bec-Fin, Le Castagne, Liberté@ Sofitel Philadelphia, Lolita, M at the Morris House Hotel, Marmont, Max Brenner Chocolate, McCormick & Schmick's, Mercato, Meritage, Mission Grill, Novita Bistro, Oyster House, Palace at the Ben, The Palm, Panini's, Paradigm, Percy Street Barbeque, Phillips, Porcini, Positano Coast, Public House, Pumpkin, Q BBQ, R2L, Ristorante La Buca, Ristorante Panorama, Rum Bar, Ruth's Chris, Salento, Sampan, Seafood Unlimited, Smith & Wollensky, Smokin' Betty's, SoleFood, Spasso, Square 1682, Supper, Swanky Bubbles, Table 31, Tavern 17, Tazia, Tequilas, Terra, The Capital Grille, The Melting Pot, The Plough and the Stars, The Prime Rib, Time, Tinto, Tír Na Nóg, Tokyo, Twenty Manning, Union Trust, Valanni, Vango, Varalli, XIX (Nineteen), Xochitl, Zahav, Zama, ZINC.

Center City District Restaurant Week Presented by TD Bank is produced by Center City District. Sponsors include: TD Bank, Absolut Orient Apple, Philly Homegrown, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Rittenhouse Row, OpenTable, Philadelphia Parking Association and Philadelphia Parking Authority.

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The Center City District, a private-sector organization dedicated to making Center City Philadelphia clean, safe and attractive, is committed to maintaining Center City's competitive edge as a regional employment center, a quality place to live, and a premier regional destination for dining, shopping and cultural attractions.

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