Dine Out Challenge: No Love on Day 3
September 23, 2009
This is going to be a quick post today as we batted 1 for 2 yesterday in our attempt to get to each of the restaurants in Grand Junction. Yep, we missed one (I’ll get to that in a minute) so I’m off to try to get there today before we take off for Edwards this afternoon.
Tuesday was by far the oddest of our three days on the road. We headed to Grand Junction (about 90 miles from Glenwood Springs) in hopes of hitting No Coast Sushi for dinner and Carrows for dessert. All started well, we began the evening at No Coast Sushi. They have a creative menu and the rolls we had were quite tasty.
We stepped into the Twilight Zone when we inquired about the Dine Out and how the restaurant was contributing. Apparently you have to ask them about it proactively (something we have been doing at each stop), and then if you sign a permission slip saying you want them to donate to the cause, they will donate 3% of your ticket to Share Our Strength. I’m calling bullshit on this weak attempt at raising funds; I don’t expect anyone save Matt & I are going to ask them and if they do, they most likely will balk at writing a permission note to donate. Meanwhile, No Coast is reaping the benefits of good PR exposure on the Share Our Strength website. Lame.
Next, we went on the hunt for Carrows, which according to the address listed on the Dine Out website was located on Horizon Drive, a main thoroughfare in Junction. After three laps spanning the entire length of the street, we gave up and headed home. I gave a call to the number on the SOS website this morning and turns out the restaurant is a Coco’s, the sister chain of Carrows. Ugh. We saw the Coco’s but didn’t even think about going in, not knowing that Carrows means Coco’s (or vice versa) in some languages.
So, while yesterday was frustrating, I’m off to turn that around by heading to Coco’s right now.
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I would like to apologize to anyone who tried to dine at our restaurant for this campaign as well as the Dine Out campaign itself.
I had accidently signed up for this Dine Out program thinking that it was for our local Grand Junction Dine Out for Kids for Safe Families Safe Kids Campaign.
As soon as I realized that they were not the same program, I called this Dine Out program and told them that I was trying to sign up for the local one only and to please take us off thier list.
Again my apologies to anyone who tried to eat at our restaurant and have a portion of their meals cost sent to the National Dine Out cause.
We appreciate you offering the clarification, Lisa. I know restaurateurs receive dozens of requests each week to support this cause or that non-profit. When efforts are similarly named, it can be difficult to keep them all straight. I want to reiterate that our meal that night was very good and I would recommend to anyone to give No Coast Sushi a try when in GJ. Thanks for contributing to the blog.