Sizzle Dining

Sizzle Dining returns for its 10th year with two extra days of dining deals to benefit Blessings in a Backpack. Restaurants from Cape Coral to Marco Island offer prix-fixe menus, donating $1 for every two-course breakfast and lunch, or three-course dinner sold. Founded in Naples by Guy Clarke, the monthlong event began as a one-week promotion at about 20 restaurants and has since grown to span the region. This year's theme, "Save. Support. Celebrate.," invites diners to save on a great meal, support local restaurants during one of the hospitality industry's slowest months and celebrate a decade of the program. For every Sizzle Dining meal sold, $1 is donated to the Florida chapter of Blessings in a Backpack, which provides weekend and summer meals to food-insecure elementary school students. A full list of participating restaurants and menus is available at sizzledining.org.