Fundraiser at Mike's City Diner for New York City Folks Affected by Sandy

A food-based fundraiser to help folks in New York City who were affected by Sandy is going to be held in the South End of Boston next week.

An email from Baltz and Company indicates that on Wednesday, November 7 at 7:00 PM, Ken Oringer and several other Boston chefs will be at Mike's City Diner on Washington Street to help raise money for the American Red Cross. The chefs will prepare a meal of white truffles, oysters, foie gras, duck, and lobster (including wine pairings) for 50 guests at a minimum donation of $500 per person, with all of the money going to the organization. Chefs who will be at the event include Ken Oringer (Clio, Uni, Toro, La Verdad, Coppa, Earth), Jamie Bissonnette (Toro, Coppa), Joanne Chang (Flour Bakery, Myers + Chang), Jay Hajj (Mike's City Diner), Tony Maws (Craigie on Main), Michael Serpa (Neptune Oyster Bar), and Ming Tsai (Blue Ginger, Blue Dragon), with a raw bar provided by Island Creek Oysters.

If you would like tickets to this fundraiser, please e-mail Jen at ToroRestaurant@gmail.com or go to this link:

http://sandyreliefbostonpopup.eventbrite.com/

Mike's City Diner is located at 1714 Washington Street in the South End.

[November 9 update: A Twitter post from Joanne Chang indicates that the event at Mike's City Diner raised a total of $30,000 for hurricane relief.]


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Orange Leaf's 200th Store to Open in Canton; Will Celebrate with Free Frozen Yogurt, Fundraiser

An Oklahoma-based chain of frozen yogurt shops is getting ready to open its 200th store--which also happens to be in the Boston area--and it will celebrate with free froyo and a fundraiser.

Tomorrow (Thursday, September 27), Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt will open a new shop in Canton, and it will be offering free 8-ounce cups of froyo along with other treats from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM at its Washington Street location. The seven other Orange Leaf shops in the local area will also be celebrating, with free 8-ounce cups of froyo to the first 200 customers at each location tomorrow as well. And the 200th opening celebration will also be the kickoff for a 4-week fundraiser at all locations in the region to raise money for Boston Children's Hospital, with the goal being to raise $25,000 between customer donations and store sales contributions. (On the final day of the fundraiser--October 27--each Orange Leaf location in the Boston area will contribute at least 25% of sales toward the goal.)

In addition to Canton, other locations of Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt can be found in Andover, Lexington, Marblehead, Newburyport, Salem, Seekonk, and Tewksbury, with shops in Belmont, Burlington, Danvers, Dracut, Melrose, Newton, Plymouth, Reading, Somerville, Waltham, Wayland, and Wellesley on the way.

The address for the new Orange Leaf in Canton is: Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, 95 Washington Street, Canton, MA, 02021. The chain's website is at http://orangeleafyogurt.com/


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