Spring Richmond Restaurant Week starts Monday

Spring Richmond Restaurant Week is here.

Why it matters: Restaurant Week helps promote Richmond's independently owned restaurants and serves as a major fundraiser for Feed More, the region's food pantry.

How it works: Every year in spring and fall, dozens of local restaurants put together a special three-course menu for a set price.

• This year's spring event starts Monday, April 22 and runs through Sunday.
• There are 31 participating restaurants this spring offering three-course menus for $35.24 per person, with $5.24 going to Feed More .
• All locals have to do is visit any of the participating restaurants and eat.

New to the event year:

• 1933 Public House , a three-year-old American fare restaurant in Powhatan.
• And Dim Sum , the Tarrant's Cafe group's " Chinese cocktail house " rebrand of Max's in the Arts District.
• Harry's at Hofheimer , the Scott's Addition speakeasy in the Hofheimer building.
• Les Crepes , the Carytown crêperi.
• Odyssey Fish , the West End Mid-Atlantic seafood spot.
• Pinky's , a Scott's Addition Mediterranean-influenced staple.

Last year's participants that dropped out this year include The Roosevelt, Lolita's, Kabana and Nama.

If you go: Reservations are strongly recommended and often easier to find earlier in the week than on Friday and Saturday.

• Your favorite booked solid? Try to slide in at the bar.
• The menus can change slightly during the week as items sell out.
• Not every restaurant participates Monday through Sunday. Most follow their normal operating hours.
• Richmond Restaurant Week has been sharing the menus on its Instagram , and you can find them there or on a participating restaurant's social media or website.

Not sure where to go? Our rec is to try somewhere new to you or get geographically frisky and head to a different part of town than your usual haunts.