Benefiting the New Canaan Food Pantry

Prix Fixe Menus Available at Participating Restaurants
August 26 - September 3, 2011

For starters, the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce has joined together its exceptional restaurants and outstanding businesses on August 25th to kick off the town's premiere Restaurant Week and support a local cause, The New Canaan Food Pantry. The Pantry supports families throughout New Canaan by providing basic necessities to members of the community. Donations to the food pantry will be accepted between 6 - 9 PM, Thursday, August 25th at designated areas in exchange for an opportunity to win fabulous prizes at our Taste of the Town Stroll. Please visit us closer to this date to see a complete list.

More about "The Taste of the Town Stroll"
Once downtown on August 25th, Food Pantry drop-off locations will collect donations in exchange for "Stroll Maps" which will direct the public to participating restaurants and local businesses. An American Airlines' table will be located on Elm Street below the Chamber office with samples of their business class menu and a limited number of substantial promotion codes. There will also be live entertainment along with festive events at each designated stop. Once participants visit a location on the map they must receive a hole punch and continue to the next location until their maps are completed. At 9 PM stroll maps must be returned to Tucker Murphy at the New Canaan Chamber office on Elm Street for a chance to win the following...

• Two round-trip business class tickets to any American Airlines destination WORLDWIDE courtesy of American Airlines
• A pearl necklace (16 inch) with a gold clasp (retail value $600) provided by L'Armoire
• Cashmere, Cable knit crew neck Ralph Lauren sweater
• 4 broadway tickets to Mary Poppins
• $50 gift certificates to participating restaurants

Monetary donations can also be exchanged for stroll maps. The Chamber has partnered with Walter Stewart's Market to provide participants with a choice of purchasing a bag of groceries in $10, $20 or $30 amounts. Examples will be available courtesy of Walter Stewart's Market.

Suggested donation items include:
Coffee (regular drip, regular instant and decaf instant), honey, stews, paper products, laundry detergent, boxed cold cereal, canned poultry (chicken, turkey), instant drink mixes (iced tea, lemonade, etc), dried fruits (apricots, raisins, prunes, cranraisins).

Drop off locations for food items in exchange for a Stroll Map include:

• Chamber table (front of movie theater)
• New Balance
• Baskin Robbins
• Gates
• Pine Social

Participating restaurants include:
Tuscan, Fifty Coins, Cherry Street East Café, Gates, Plum Tree Restaurant, Cava, Roger Sherman Inn, Thali, Solé, The Pine Social, Kouzina, Club Sandwich, and Bistro Bonne Nuit.

 Click here for a list of Prix Fixe menus that will be available. Check back as the list will be continuously updated.

Sponsors:
American Airlines, Baskin Robbins, Elm Restaurant, Wave, Design Solutions, Belgique Chocolatier, Red Grape Wine & Spirits, L'Armoire, DEANE, Aetheria Relaxation Spa, Pimlico, Caren Forbes, New Balance, Nurenu Brand Marketing, Ralph Lauren, Francos Wine Merchants, Clear Channel New Haven, and Walter Stewarts.