Say "bonjour" To Spring With Culinary Tour De France

Say "bonjour" to spring with Culinary Tour de France, the restaurant group bringing the varied and celebrated cuisines of France to Manhattan. Culinary Tour de France is insuring that City Harvest continues to rescue food for New York's hungry with SPRING FOR CITY HARVEST 2009 LET IT BLOOM.

Beginning April 1, and running through the month of April, diners can add one dollar - $1 - to their check at any Culinary Tour de France Restaurant for the ONE MOUTH CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE campaign and contribute to City Harvest, New York City's only food rescue program. The Culinary Tour de France restaurant group is committed to helping them feed the growing number of New Yorkers seeking emergency food.

Participating restaurants include:

Cafe d'Alsace (1695 2nd Avenue)
French Roast Downtown (78 West 11th Street)
French Roast Uptown (2340 Broadway)
L'Express (249 Park Ave South)
Le Monde (2885 Broadway)
Maison (1700 Broadway)
Marseille (630 9th Avenue)
Nice Matin (201 West 79th St)
Pigalle (790 8th Avenue).

A special prix fixe menu benefiting City Harvest will also be available throughout the month of April at select locations.

About Culinary Tour de France

The Tour de France Restaurant Group brings the varied and celebrated cuisines of France to Manhattan, without ever requiring a trip over the Robert F. Kennedy-Triborough Bridge. The eight restaurants each transport diners to a different region, inviting them to experience the atmosphere and flavors of France right here in New York City.

About City Harvest

Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest (www.CityHarvest.org) is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 23 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to more than 600 community food programs using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 260,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.