of Cy-Fair Metta’s Local Eats The PBest L AC E S TO E AT Dine Out for Charity
to Feed Families in Need
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Story and Photos by Metta Marie Archilla-Ishida
hree years ago, I The participating list is established a partnership currently up to over forty with Cy-Fair Helping Restaurants and Artisan Hands, a community non-profit eateries, and is climbing daily. geared towards putting food Included are local favorites into the bellies of the Hungry like Andy’s Kitchen, and Homeless. Since its (The Thanksgiving Burger), beginning, this program has Duck ’n Bao, (Soup Dumplings), resulted in providing more than Land of a Thousand Hills, two tons of food, and funding for (Any Croissant), Charlie D’s CFHH. For this year’s initiative, Pizza, (Family Value Deal), we’ve gone bigger and bolder Cupcake Cowgirls, (6-pak of with “Metta’s Local Eats Dine Cupcakes), Jersey Bagels, Out for Charity.” MLE has (Deli Turkey Meal Deal), Nyam proudly partnered with local Nyam Café, (Any Sweet Crepe and area restaurants and and a Mettamosa combo), artesian eateries to help feed Rockwell Grill, (Soft Pretzel), Andy’s Kitchen - Thanksgiving Turkey Burger those in need. It is as easy as Hanan’s Café, (Empanadas), YOU dine out and enjoy eating a variety of 2 Guys 1 Pit, (Burnt Ends), Brooks Place, LLC, participating appetizers, entrees, and sweet treats, (3-Meat Plate), Ambriza, The Union Kitchen, and the restaurant/artesian eaterie gives a and many, many more. designated dollar amount of your meal, for every unit purchased, now through December 31, 2020. With the first month of the quarter in the books, we find local restaurants digging deep and giving How does this all work? Join the “Metta’s Local it all they can in support of CFHH. Andy Correa Eats” Facebook Food Group OR click “Like” to of Andy’s Kitchen, a contributing front runner, together with other small local follow the “Metta’s Local Eats shops, have already raised Dine Out for Charity” FB page, w h e re a c o m p re h e n s ive , $5,000. up-to-date list of participating What is all this buzz for anyway? restaurants is maintained. There, This is the envelopment of Food you will see what each restaurant and Fellowship into the is offering as a qualifying item, Community to create a solid AND how much of each purchase foundation for our children’s goes directly to Cy-Fair Helping future. This is about helping our Hands. It is truly LOCALS helping neighbors during a time where LOCALS in a handshake to lift our the economy is proving to be a very own community, putting challenge and jobs lost or lives good sustainable food on shattered. This is about recipients’ tables. Land of a Thousand Hills - Croissants providing HOPE one can of 12 November | December 2020
