On Sunday, January 24th and Monday, January 25th the following restaurants have pledged to donate 10% of their sales to Partners In Health and Family Health Ministries to aid in Earthquake relief now and build a sustainable future in Haiti. Please show your support by eating a great meal at a local restaurant while helping with a truly worthy cause! Stay tuned as we confirm more restaurants and please spread the word!
Sunday - Jan 24th
WATTS GROCERY
BOGART’S AMERICAN GRILL
CROOK’S CORNER, EVENING SERVICE
CUP A JOE (CHAPEL HILL)
HI5
JOE VAN GOGH
MICHAEL DEAN’S SEAFOOD GRILL
MILLTOWN
PANZANELLA
RED ROOM TAPAS LOUNGE
SALADELIA CAFE
SAXAPAHAW GENERAL STORE
SOUTHERN RAIL
TWISTED FORK
THE MASH HOUSE
WEST END WINE BAR (DURHAM LOCATION)
Monday – Jan 25th
ACME
CAFE CAPISTRANO (CARY)
CUP A JOE (CHAPEL HILL)
CYPRESS ON THE HILL
FOSTER’S MARKET (BOTH LOCATIONS)
GLASSHALFULL
GLOBE RESTAURANT
JOE VAN GOGH
LANTERN
MAD HATTER BAKESHOP & CAFE
NEAL’S DELI
PARKER & OTIS
POP’S
ROCKWOOD FILLING STATION
RUCKUS PIZZA, PASTA & SPIRITS
RUE CLER
SANDWHICH
SIX PLATES WINE BAR
TOAST
TYLER’S RESTAURANT & TAPROOM (CARRBORO, DURHAM & APEX)
WEST END WINE BAR (CHAPEL HILL LOCATION)
ZELY & RITZ
618 BISTRO
Saludos
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This strikes me as profiteering off those in need; if these businesses above really wanted to give they would donate 80-90% from these nights, keeping only to cover costs.
If you really want to give, go directly to Partners In Health or Family Health Ministries or Doctors without Borders or Red Cross and give the full amount of a meal out. Do the right thing!
Hari, I appreciate your comment and hope everyone donates at least the cost of a meal to Partners In Health or Family Health Ministries directly. Hopefully this event will raise awareness for both organizations and the amazing work they are doing. Personally I have already donated to PIH but my donation is very small compared to what a much larger event can do. While 10% seems small if everyone gave 10% of their salary for a day it would be a pretty big deal.
i think your heart is in the right place but i am not sure this criticism is necessary. 10% is a fair amount compared to 0% of a typical night out. also, i think it is worth noting that many of the people dining out in support of this event will have donated to additional charities not just this one in particular.
honestly between salaries and overhead i would be surprised if any charities such as the Red Cross could give 80-90% of the money they collect. the ceo alone probably makes 1 million a year in salary and benefits.
I didn’t know most local restaurants operate on a 80-90% profit margin! A highly profitable chain restaurant operates at 15% at best. We should thank these folks for doing what they can to support this cause. I am confident that those who can afford to donate more than 10% will do so…
CORRECTION:
Please note that Cypress on The Hill (Chapel Hill) is open on MONDAY (not Sunday) as earlier reported.
The organizers of Dine Out For Haiti apologize for this error and any confusion that it may have caused.
Thank you again for your participation in this event!
InTheWrongBusiness raises an important point, Hari. The businesses will donate 10% of their SALES, not 10% of their PROCEEDS. Sales is the amount of income, BEFORE the deduction of operating expenses. dineoutforhaititriangle, can you confirm that this is the case?
It is 10% of sales that are being donated. We will publish how much has been donated next week. Having never organized anything like this before the coordinators of Dine Out are just as interested as everyone else to see what type of donation we will be able to make. We are very thankful of all the restaurants who have volunteered to help us.
Okay – so do we know how much each business has to donate from last weekends sales?
Some of these restaurants gave more than the 10%, and in any case, any restaurant that gives 10% of its sales is in business for that time only to support the cause. It’s an unusual restaurant that operates with a greater than 10% margin. Criticizing that which we do not understand is less than helpful.
Several restaurants that did not participate this time suggested that patrons match the ten per cent by paying that much more than the bill, which effectively contributes twenty per cent. Otherwise the business is the only one contributing anything.