The Week In Eats

Get Out!

by Nikki Volpicelli

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More than 60 of South Jersey's finest eateries are prepping for this biannual promo. Four-course meals run $35 a person, and many venues are crafting specialty plates in addition to regularly available menu items. Robert Minniti, current president of the South Jersey Independent Restaurant Association and owner of Bacio Italian Cuisine, is dishing out pistachio-crusted sole, whole wheat roasted pepper-goat cheese ravioli and "dolce crema" gelato for dessert. For a full list of restaurants and menus, visit sjhotchefs.com.

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant are promoting healthy, affordable urban transpo with this year's Biketoberfest, which'll feature food, music, complimentary cycle valet service and a Fuji bike raffle. Listen to Stinking Lizaveta & DJ Danophonic and sip on the brewpub's special "Biketoberfest Brew," a 5.4 percent ABV Vienna lager. Dock Street will also provide veggie and meat bratwursts with sauerkraut and pizzas. A slice, a brat and kraut come with the $25 admission price; admission's just $15 if you're not eating. Tickets are available at bikecoalition.org. Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant, 701 S. 50th St., 215-726-2337, dockstreetbeer.com.

You deserve to go somewhere special this week. How about Australia, Central Italy or Southern France? Twenty-eight Rittenhouse-area restaurants — Alfa, Le Bec-Fin, Il Portico, Parc and more — are gifting swirlers with six days of prix-fixe wine dinners, wine flights and specially priced vino by the glass. Participating wineries include Francis Coppola Winery, King Estate, Majestic Fine Wines and Alexander Valley Vineyards. For a full list of participants, visit phillymag.com/global.

Jose Garces and Marc Vetri are the proud dads of two new cookbooks, their birthdays separated by just one month. Il Viaggio Di Vetri: A Culinary Journey (Ten Speed Press) includes 125 of Vetri's most popular dishes. Garces' Latin Evolution (Lake Isle Press) touches on plates from Mexico City to the Basque region of Spain. The chefs are celebrating with this event — a six-course collaborative dinner that comes with signed copies of both tomes — for Philadelphians with deep pockets. The night will begin with three courses at Amada, after which a trolley will drive guests (and chefs) to Osteria for three more. All courses will include wine pairings. For tickets, call Brooke Everett at 215-625-2506, ext. 109; reservations are required and seating is very limited. Amada, 217-219 Chestnut St., 215-625-2450; Osteria, 640 N. Broad St., 215-763-0920.