It’s April 22nd—Earth Day! In the spirit of the holiday, I’d like to highlight an earth-friendly event that could be of interest to many restaurant and bar operators. Restaurants & Institutions will be hosting a webcast on May 7th at 10am (CST) titled “Green for One, Green for All.”
The webcast is set to feature some well-known presenters (including George McKerrow Jr. of Ted’s Montana Grill—a restaurant I’ve mentioned in two previous blog posts). Besides giving these pros a voice, the webcast will also allow “audience members” to participate by asking questions about environmental responsibility in the foodservice industry.
If you’re interested in “attending,” check out the details at R&I’s website.
And here’s an interesting example of an independent restaurant celebrating Earth Day in a big way—by cutting electricity from their diet for two whole days. So how are they cooking without electricity? Outside on a grill, naturally.
That’s a trend I wouldn’t mind a bit…with good weather, who can resist the scent of a backyard grill? Just bring the grill to the restaurant and that smell wafting through the neighborhood is probably some of the best free advertising a restaurateur could ask for. And what of dining in the dark? Well, there's actually a restaurant in San Francisco that serves in total darkness all the time--it's said to heighten one's sense of taste. Read the entire article here; if nothing else, the nightvision video of people eating (or attempting to eat) in the dark is pretty entertaining.
(If you’ve got an interesting idea for how to celebrate Earth Day, please share it in the “Comments” below!)
