Giving Thanks & Giving Back: Outstanding Dining

Our latest post in our series, Giving Thanks & Giving Back, is dedicated to a group that not only helps people save their dining dollars, it also helps the community as well.

Outstanding Dining, the brainchild of our sister restaurant, Woolley's Steakhouse's, Director of Restaurants, Ben Berry, is a website that sells online restaurant certificates at a discount. Yet, it doesn't stop there. Outstanding Dining also donates 10% of sales to different non-profit partners.

Further setting themselves apart from other discount certificate sites, Outstanding Dining is committed to three main goals. First, they seek to save consumers money by offering a great deal on certificates to local, independent eateries. Second, they want to help non-profits through their commitment to donating 10% of sales to various non-profit partners. Third, they want independent eateries to thrive by splitting the remaining proceeds of the certificate sales 50/50. No price gouging and leaving the restaurants to foot the bill.

At this time, you're able to purchase $25.00 Chez Daniel gift certificates for just $12.50. Check out Outstanding Dining this week for other amazing deals to great local restaurants, and make sure to look for them on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Giving Thanks & Giving Back: Finnegan's

For the month of November, our blog posts will focus on giving thanks and giving back, as we share what we're thankful for as well as feature those that are giving back. Our first installment will feature a local company that helps others while promoting responsible fun, Finnegan's!

In our lounge, we proudly carry Finnegan's on tap, not only because it's a delicious complement to our $5 Happy Hour Appetizers and we have an employee who works their as well, but because they're a great little non-profit brewery that's committed to doing good in our community. Their mission statement stands, "Turning beer into food." And that's just what they do by donating 100% of their profits to fight poverty right in their own backyard. 

Case in point, the testimony from their website shares, "Since first being profitable in 2003, we have donated over $206,000 to the FINNEGANS Community Fund, which in turn has given grants to non-profits across the Midwest to support life-changing programs for the working poor."

Not only can you support Finnegan's and help making a difference by grabbing a couple of pints and enjoying them responsibly, but you can also sign up for one of their Volunteer Opportunities for those who wish to give a little more of themselves.

So this holiday season, give thanks by grabbing a beer with friends, and why not make it a Finnegan's?