Dine Out for Darfur Today

Some Austin restaurants are doing their part to help folks in Sudan and Chad. To help raise funds for the American Jewish World Service's work for the people of Darfur, local restaurants are donating a percentage of their proceeds from today's sales. AJWS provides basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities/programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized refugees who have been violently forced from their homes and are now living in camps in Sudan and Chad.

You can help these efforts by grabbing a slice at Frank & Angie's for a mid-day snack, enjoying a dish at Suzi's China Grill for dinner, or even just stopping for dessert at Chez Zee (try the Kahlua Crunch Pie) this evening. If you already have set meal plans for today, you can donate to the organization by following the instructions on the Jewish Community Association of Austin's site. For more information on the events in Darfur and how you can help, visit Save Darfur.

The list of participating restaurants is after the jump.

Arturo's
Blue Star Cafeteria
Chez Zee
Curra's Grill (all 3 locations)
Frank & Angie's Pizzeria
Freddie's Place
H-E-B Kosher Store Grill
Hut's Hamburgers
It's Italian
Kenichi
Lambert's Downtown BBQ
Leaf
Louie's 106
Manny Hattan's New York Delicatessen
Mars
Ms. B's Authentic Creole Restaurant
Opal Divine's (all locations - if you order a "Velocirita", Velocity Credit Union will match a $1 contribution for every drink sold today)
Pluckers Wing Bar (all 5 locations)
Restaurant Jezebel
San Antonio Street Cafe
Spicy Pickle
Suzi's China Grill (all 3 locations)
Taco Deli (both locations)
Taverna
Tom's Tabooley
Upper Crust Bakery
Waterloo Ice House (only the 6th and Lamar location is participating)

Image from Jewish Community Association of Austin

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By Elizabeth S. in Food, News on August 27, 2007 2:30 PM 0 Comments

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Sam Armstrong

And by Darufr, I mean Darfur. And by I don't anything, I mean I don't see anything. And by dolalr I mean dollar.

And by duh, I mean le duh.

Sam Armstrong

Sorry, but as someone who is not going to donate $20 to Darufr on top of volunteering, I don't anything obscene about choosing to eat somewhere my lazy dolalr can do some good.

Then again, perhaps they should have an opt-out for anyone who would rather not be part of this gaudy debacle, ensuring the money stays at the restaurant where it belongs!

KEEP CHARITY SEEMLY AND BECOMING!!

guest

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html

I don't know what I would put, but I would have thought about it for a while and not just gone with the yet another over-generalization of foreign countries and cultures that we're all guilty of.

I think guest #1 made a lot better point than mine anyway.

-Chris Ledesma

guest

Maybe you'd prefer the instantly-recognizable shape of a map of Darfur as the backdrop? Or maybe Sudan? Christ. Do you bitch about the shade of red the Salvation Army uses on its collection pots at Christmas, too?

guest

"anonymous pedantic complaint about a good cause"

guest

It may be colonialist and patronizing, but I wouldn't be surprised if a LOT of people don't even know Darfur is in Africa (vs say, Central Asia or a Pacific island country hit by a tsunami).

guest

From a visual standpoint, the poster is really irresponsible design. Darfur is not all of Africa, and although the continent has it's share of problems, projecting one nation's anguish onto a massive heterogeneous continent is colonialist and patronizing.

Still a good cause though.

guest

I see what #1 is getting at: children are starving in Darfur and we're going to be charitable and donate 5% of our $20 meal one day to help them. Why not donate the entire $20 directly to AJWS' campaign? Or $15 and cook a meal for $5 at home?

The realist in me says that people won't do that; If they stay home and cook at home, they won't ever send that $15. And, people are still going to go out to eat on a Monday -- so they might as well aim for one of these places instead of elsewhere, right?

heyzeus

...no?

guest

um, i'm all for the cause, but doesn't anyone else see the obscene oxymoron here? ("...even just stopping for dessert at Chez Zee (try the Kahlua Crunch Pie)...")