| Bangalore Restaurant Week | |
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| Location(s) | Bangalore, India |
| Patron(s) | Kingfisher, Explocity |
| Website | bangalorerestaurantweek |
Bangalore Restaurant Week is a recurring food festival held in Bangalore, India, which involves participation of restaurants and food lovers from Bangalore. [1] Started in 2010, it is India's first large scale food and dining related festival or event. 74 restaurants in Bangalore participated in the event in 2010. [2]
Hotel was a South Indian hotel consisting veg and non veg later introduced almost all types now grown in large and spread throughout Bangalore. [3]
A number of sub-events which involved eating out related contests for patrons and guests at restaurants [4] [5] and shopping malls were a part of Bangalore Restaurant Week. [6]
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