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• Mama Mia’s Ristorante Italiano – Pumpkin Cheesecake • The Claddagh Pub & Restaurant – Pumpkin Soups and Pumpkin Cocktails • Café 152 Bread Company – Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Cookies • Victoria’s Mexican Restaurant – Pumpkin Margarita • Garlic City Casino – Pumpkin Ravioli, Pumpkin Pie • Café Thyme – Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter and Sage Sauce • Bartenders Union – Seasonal Beer
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• Casa De Fruta – Pumpkin Danish, Pumpkin Cranberry Iced
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Because the timeframes are so short, preparation is key to meeting the notice requirements. Employers should have a process in place to respond to Notices of Inspection. Employers should identify who in their organization would likely receive a Notice of Inspection and confirm that person knows how to respond.
Purchasing more than one pumpkin dish from the same participating restaurant will only count as one visit to that participating restaurant. To qualify for drawing, patrons must frequent at least 10 of the participating restaurants and purchase one of the pumpkin dishes, items, or drinks being offered. Selection of dates for the South Lake Tahoe stay are based on availability. Holiday dates are not available. Passports returned with no name and contact information will be automatically disqualified.
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which a Notice of Inspection (NOI) was provided to the employer. ow would you like to win a trip to South Lake Tahoe for Notify Employees 3 days and 2 nights? Purchase a Employers must follow specific pumpkin dish, item or drink from requirements related to Form I-9 10 or more of the participating inspections. For example, within 72 restaurants listed below and you hours of receiving a Notice of Inspecwill qualify to be entered into tion, California employers must post drawing forcurrent a two-night stay aanotice to all employees in South Lake Tahoe. In their informing them of any federal immieffort agency’s to expand the 5th Annual gration inspections of Forms Pumpkin People contest, the I-9 or other employment records. Gilroy Chamber of Commerce Employers also have obligationsis sponsoring the Pumpkin People once the inspection is completed. Restaurant Passport Contest. Within 72 hours of receiving the Passportsresults, listing employers all 17 restaurants inspection must and their dishes are available provide each emat the Chamber of“affected Commerce a copy of office as well as allployee” participating results and restaurants. Afterthe purchasing a a written notice of pumpkin item from a participating employer’s restaurant, ask to the have your employee’s passport stampedand indicating your obligations arising participation with that restaurant. from the inspection. written Patrons who return theThe passports noticewith must to the Chamber office stamps contain specific from 4 – 9 different participating anda restaurants will beinformation entered into must be hand-dedrawing for a $50 gift certificate livered in the workplace,Patrons if possi-who to a local restaurant. ble. An “affected employee” one return their passports withis 10 identified by the inspection results as or more stamps from different potentially lacking work authorization or having document deficiencies. Unions also have the right to receive notices. An employer that fails to follow any of these notice requirements can be fined between $2,000 and $5,000 for a first violation and between $5,000 and $10,000 for each subsequent violation. At the same time, federal penalties for Form I-9 violations can range from a couple hundred dollars to more than $20,000.
Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Spiced Latte Ice Cream, Pumpkin Spiced Muffins, Pumpkin Spiced Latte
By Jane Howard, Executive Director
participating restaurants will be entered into a drawing for a 2-night stay in South Lake Tahoe. Return passports to the Chamber of Commerce office no later than Friday, November 2, 2018. Be sure your name and contact information is on your passport. • Westside Grill – Pumpkin Crème Brule • Old City Hall Restaurant – Breakfast: Pumpkin Pancakes, Lunch: Spinach, Avocado and Pumpkin Seed Salad, Dinner: Pumpkin-Chorizo Bow Tie Pasta, Pumpkin Sangria • 1st Street Coffee – Pumpkin Spiced Latte, Spiced White Mocha, Autumn Chai • Cafe 152 Burger Co. – Pumpkin Milk Shakes • Icicles – Pumpkin Ain’t Easy (Rolled ice cream with Pumpkin Cheesecake and Graham Cracker) • 5th Street Coffee – Pumpkin Spiced Latte, Pumpkin Ice Cream • Black Bear Diner – Pumpkin Pie • Straw Hat Pizza – Pumpkin Beer
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o need to drive too far for fun this fall…there’s plenty going on right here in Gilroy! The popular Gardens@Night Halloween event at Gilroy Gardens is back—now with even more Boo! Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from September 21 through October 28, this year you can sing and dance along to The Great Big Boo! live musical show, then meet and greet some of the zany characters from the show as you trick-or-treat along the Boo Trail that winds through the park. Hop aboard the Boo Train and other “spookified” rides, and visit the Marketplace to enjoy local wines, craft beers, Halloween treats and more. Bring your little ghouls and goblins out for a truly amazing night-time experience! Garlic may be our town’s signature spice, but in October, it’s all about the pumpkins. Participating restaurants throughout Gilroy will be serving special pumpkin dishes on their menus all month long. Get yourself a Pumpkin People Restaurant Passport and collect stamps for every dish you
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try. Purchase a pumpkin menu item from 10 or more of the participating restaurants listed, and you will qualify to be entered into a drawing for a vacation in South Lake Tahoe. Passports with 5 – 9 stamps will qualify to be entered into a drawing for $50. The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Pumpkin People Restaurant Passport Contest. Meanwhile, over at Casa de Fruta’s Pumpkin Junction, you can search for the perfect pumpkin, mine for gemstones at Miner’s Sluice, ride the Casa de Choo Choo train, and take a spin on Casa de Carousel for some good old-fashioned family fun. Members of the over-21 crowd can celebrate the harvest season at the Halloween Beer Crawl in Downtown Gilroy on October 20. This popular event features over 20 craft breweries at “pour stations” located throughout downtown—along with tasty bites, live music, and more. Bring your friends and come in costume!
For more details about other events in Gilroy go to www.visitgilroy.com