TAMPA, Fla. — Creative Loafing's Tampa Bay Restaurant Week is back for the eighteenth year.

It offers you a great way to try out a new restaurant without worrying about how much the bill will be at the end of the night.

Dozens of restaurants across the Tampa Bay region will offer affordable three-course prix fixe meals for 11 days. Many are also offering specials on whiskey, vodka and wine. You can view the menus online at TampaBayRestaurantWeek.com.

To take advantage of the savings, all you need to do is visit any of the 67 participating restaurants between Thursday, June 13 and Sunday, June 23, and ask for the special Tampa Bay Restaurant Week menu.

This year a portion of the proceeds are being donated to Feeding Tampa Bay.

Creative Loafing is also sponsoring a "check-in to win" contest for Restaurant Week. All you have to do is the download Restaurant Week app from the App Store or Google Play store. Then check in at the restaurants you visit.

There are several other ways you can accumulate points including ordering specific alcoholic beverages, staying at a local hotel or taking a cooking class at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center.

Users who accumulate the most points at the end of Restaurant Week can win win gift cards from select restaurants and $500 in Creative Loafing deals. Full details on the contest are available at TampaBayRestaurantWeek.com.