There are few things we love more in the world than food. And when it's good food that comes cheap, we love it even more. That's why we're excited for 8 Days of Eats, the South Street Headhouse District's answer to the Center City District's Restaurant Week. There are fewer restaurants to choose from, sure, and most of those restaurants don't have menus posted on the event website, but 8 Days of Eats has a very definite advantage over Restaurant Week: tonight's festival kick-off, featuring complimentary food and drink courtesy of the participating restaurants. Donations to the Historic Trust Conservancy will be accepted during the event, and we strongly suggest you make one. They're the ones that keep the Headhouse from which Headhouse Square takes its name in shape, and they do a good job at it.

Besides, your little donation will go a long way in the "making you feel like less of an asshole as you fill up and get drunk for free" category. And there's nothing wrong with that.

8 Days of Eats Kick-Off Party
Headhouse Square (Second Street from Pine to Lombard)
TODAY, Tuesday, April 29, 7-9PM
Free (Donations accepted)

8 Days of Eats
Various Restaurants in the South Street Headhouse District
April 30-May 7
$30 per person or $30 per couple, depending on location and menu

Image Credit: Flickr user fortes