Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 1:19 PM
Food and Drink, Life in General
By Kirsten Ott
Dining out for Haiti
Atlanta restaurants are helping in the relief efforts in Haiti by raising funds. Here's a roundup of benevolent dining deals and ways to help the earthquake victims in Haiti.
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The Melting Pot Atlanta Area makes it easy to help Haiti. Post your words of encouragement for the people of Haiti to the Melting Pot's Facebook Fan Page wall at https://www.facebook.com/meltingpotatl. The restaurant is donating $1 per post to the American Red Cross and one lucky fan will receive a $100 Gift Certificate.
Tuesday, Jan. 26
The Mellow Mushroom at Ivan Plaza in Downtown Atlanta will be donating 100 percent of their sales all day to the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
Amuse, Anis, Village Pizza, Carroll St. Café, Carpe Diem and Apres Diem are actually hosting a Dine Out for lunch and dinner. They will donate 20 percent of all their profits to Doctors Without Borders.
Tuesday, Feb. 9
Toulouse Restaurant is hosting a Steve Penley Wine Dinner to benefit the ServeHAITI Foundation. The dinner will feature a five-course meal with two glasses of wine and the chance to meet artist Steve Penley and view his artwork. Throughout the evening, guests will be able to view and purchase Penley’s paintings, reproduction posters and book with illustrations. In addition to Penley’s artwork, guests will also get to see photographs of Haiti from Donna Williams, a photographer who has been working with ServeHAITI. Guests can meet the artist and get books autographed at 6:30 p.m., and dinner begins at 7:15 p.m.
The menu will feature a field green salad with red wine vinaigrette; seared scallops served with broccoli and sundried tomatoes in a rosemary-citrus reduction; wild mushroom ravioli atop arugula sprinkled with gorgonzola cheese, cranberries and pistachios drizzled with a white balsamic sauce; beef tenderloin filet with mushroom cream sauce coupled with grilled salmon in a balsamic beurre blanc; and Robert’s flourless chocolate cake with chocolate glaze for dessert.
The cost is $125 per person and includes tax and gratuity. A portion of the art proceeds as well as a sizeable portion of the nightly proceeds will be donated to the ServeHAITI Foundation. Toulouse is located at 2293 Peachtree Road NE. To make a reservation, please call 404-351-9533. For more information on Toulouse, visit www.toulouserestaurant.com.