Posts Tagged ‘Dinner’
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Image: Dining Out For Life
This year I have decided to be a Restaurant Ambassador for Dining Out For Life, a national event that raises money to benefit patients with life challenging illnesses.
Dining Out For Life will kick off in the Washington, DC area on Thursday, March 11th. 147 restaurants around DC, Virginia, and Maryland will be participating. Almost 40 restaurants will be participating in Northern Virginia. Reservations are recommended to reduce the wait time.
In the DC area, Dining Out For Life partners with Food & Friends, an organization that provides nutritious meals to individuals battling HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life threatening illnesses.
On March 11, all food and beverage sales at participating restaurants will benefit Food & Friends. 25-110% of your bill will be donated to this great organization. All you have to do is dine out!
Three restaurants—Annie’s Paramount Steak House, Posto, and Tosca—are donating 100% of their sales. Freddie’s Beach Bar is donating 110% of its sales!
Any donation of $35 or more will be matched dollar for dollar by the Food & Friends’ Board of Directors. $35 will provide an individual with 1.5 to 2 days worth of meals; that’s almost 6 meals!!!
Stacey England, Special Events Manager of Food & Friends, hopes people, “Get together with friends and do something great for a local non-profit. It’s an amazing event and just by eating you’re helping out.” She encourages people to volunteer their time, in addition to dining out on March 11th.
So grab your friends, family or co-workers and enjoy some lunch or dinner while helping out your neighbors!
Image: Food and Friends
On a daily basis, Food & Friends prepares, packages and delivers more than 3,000 free meals to children and adults within Washington, DC and 14 counties in Maryland and Virginia. Eleven specialized meal plans are offered and tailored to different illnesses, treatment programs and client preferences.
This year marks Food & Friends’ 14th year participating in Dining Out for Life. Last year Dining Out For Life raised over $270,000 for Food & Friends; $85,000 was just from diner contributions. Each participating restaurant is in an area served by Food & Friends.
Food & Friends needs volunteers daily in the kitchen and especially for deliveries. Deliveries take place 10am to 3pm Monday through Saturday. For more information, call 202-269-6835.
My personal goal is to raise $500 for Food & Friends. If you would like to help me out, visit my Dining Out For Life page.
I will meet and greet guests and take donations at Open Kitchen and Vespucci, which was included in our Best New Restaurants roundup in 2007.
I will be at Open Kitchen (donating 35%) for lunch and Vespucci (donating 25%) for dinner.
Hope to see you on the 11th!
–Aisha Salazar
Local Restaurants Raise Funds for Haiti Earthquake Victims
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Local restaurants are helping in relief efforts for victims of the Haiti Earthquake.
Today, January 14th:
Rock Bottom Brewery: The American Red Cross, Arlington County Chapter will be having a Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser today at Rock Bottom Brewery in Arlington, VA. For $8 you can purchase a bracelet that allows you to buy $2 beers until 9pm. 100% of the proceeds from the bracelet go directly to Haiti. The fundraiser was originally meant to be for the Arlington Chapter, but in the wake of the Haiti earthquake they decided to donate all the funds to Haiti. Club Red, a volunteer group for young professionals (ages 20-30) in the Northern Virginia area, is organizing the event. 5-9pm.
Union Jacks (Ballston and Bethesda locations) will donate 10% of total sales to Red Cross relief effort in Haiti. They will also have collection jars at the bars for cash and check donations. They are asking for all checks to be made payable to “American Red Cross” with “For emergency Haitian relief” on the memo line.
The Gibson: 100% of profits from all sazeracs and old fashioneds will be donated to the Red Cross. (2009 14th St, NW). For more information, visit their Facebook page.
Sunday, January 17th:
Busboys and Poets (2021 14th St. NW DC) is planning a fundraiser for Sunday, Jan 17th at 7pm. Check their website for more information as details are being developed.
Help a great cause by eating and drinking with friends!
Reston Preps Pre-Emptive Restaurant Week
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Friday, August 7th, 2009
The discount dining carnival continues with the unveiling of the Observer’s Restaurant Week (Aug. 15- Aug. 22)–a hyper-local hospitality promotion poised to get the jump on the broader D.C. restaurant push.
Observer editor Chris Moore said the paper ran a pilot project this past January with great success.
“The restaurants asked us to do another one,” he said, noting that roughly two dozen local properties participated in the winter promotion.
This time around, the paper has recruited nearly 20 restaurants from across the service spectrum, including:
* Clyde’s
* Mayuri
* Morton’s
* San Vito
* Vinifera
According to Moore each restaurant is free to set their own menu and prices. But he stressed that “every restaurant is providing deals and three-course meals.”
Moore expects to upload the Reston Restaurant Week menus to the Observer site over the weekend. Reston residents will also receive a detailed guide in the Observer’s August 14 print edition.
–Warren
Just for Fun … A Quick Refresher Course
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Dating Humor: Dinner Date Master Class Courtesy: videojug.com
A friend of mine recently ended a long-term relationship and remarked that it had been so long, he’d forgotten most dating etiquette. To help him out (and to have a few laughs), I tracked down this video with a few helpful reminders. What I find most funny about is that I’ve seen many of the “Don’t's” take place while dining with friends.