<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3osboR_1FBk16Qh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3osboR_1FBk16Qh00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>Orange County is a crossing place of cultures reflected in the variety of local foods. Next week, the OC Economic Development Corporation is sponsoring a fun way to get people to eat at local restaurants.“Let’s Eat Orange County! Restaurant Week” has 31 participating locally-owned food and beverage businesses in a game to encourage people to enjoy their fares. The game starts Monday, September 21, and will end on Sunday, September 27. Diners may get a free game card that includes nine spaces. Every time they eat at one of the 31 businesses, they will get a signature or a sticker for a space. They will then turn in their cards for prize drawings. For the Level 1, or First Biter, prize, a diner needs three stickers. The Level 2, or Foodie Explorer, prize requires five stickers, and the Level 3 prize, or Orange County Foodie Champion, needs seven stickers.Jessica Irvin of the Orange County Economic Development Corporation said the event supports local food businesses and highlights the dining scene with its varied foods. The week will also encourage people to shop and eat locally, plus, it will attract visitors from nearby areas. Food and beverage businesses from across Orange County, including Bridge City, Orange, Pinehurst, Vidor, West Orange, and Mauriceville are participating, Irvin said.Free brochures, called “Passports” for Let’s Eat Orange County! are available at the Bridge City, Vidor, and Greater Orange chambers of commerce, along with the OC Economic Development Corporation office at the courthouse administration building, 123 Sixth Street in Orange. They are also at participating businesses and local visitor centers. A digital download version is on the OC EDC website. At the end of the week, the Passport will be turned in with the person’s name, phone number, and email address. The entrants will also get to vote on their favorite restaurant. The information allows the prize winners to be notified. Wednesday, September 30, is the deadline to submit completed Passports.The completed passports may be submitted to the OC EDC office or the participating restaurants, or by emailing to [email protected]. The deadline is September 30.Three of the participants focus on locally-made beverages that also sell food. They are Free State Cellars winery, Hop Avenue Brew Pub, Hammered Honey mead, and Lava Java Orange specializing in coffees and other beverages, including cold ones.Restaurants on the Passport are Angie’s Lane, Bayou Café, Bliss Box, Blue Moon Café, Brick Oven, Cajun Ventures, Cove Marina, Crawfish Hole, Dulce Encanto, Gator Café, Guadalajara, The Hut, Insane Chicken, Las Palmas, LBS BBQ and Catering, Leslie’s Place, Loblolly, Low Tides, Lucy’s Café, Luigi’s, Mutt and Jeff’s, Old Orange Café, Peggy’s Place, Rick’s Grill and Steak seafood, Rikenjaks, Tia Juanita’s, and Twisted Egg Shack.The Gator Café is on the campus of Lamar State College-Orange on Green Avenue and is open to the public for breakfast and lunch.</div></body>

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Orange County is a crossing place of cultures reflected in the variety of local foods. Next week, the OC Economic Development Corporation is sponsoring a fun way to get people to eat at local restaurants. “Let’s Eat Orange County! Restaurant Week” has 31 participating locally-owned food and beverage businesses in...

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Orange County is a crossing place of cultures reflected in the variety of local foods. Next week, the OC Economic Development Corporation is sponsoring a f

Event lets people win prizes for eating out

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