Furlough Kitchen
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Furlough Kitchen on CBS DFW.
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A major effort is underway to feed first responders, nurses, doctors and those in the hospitality industry out of work due to COVID-19.
March 25, 2020
Furlough Kitchen on WFAA.
DALLAS — With the restaurant and hospitality industry paralyzed and financially hemorrhaging in the COVID-19 crisis, a Dallas restaurateur decided to offer at least a daily dose of good food and goodwill as long as he can.
March 25, 2020
Furlough Kitchen on Fox GoodDay.
PLANO, Texas - A local restaurant group is launching an effort to help people who lost their jobs.
Randy DeWitt, the CEO of the restaurant group behind some popular restaurants like Whiskey Cake and Sixty Vines, knows first hand that so many restaurant workers in the area are being laid off.
March 25, 2020
Furlough Kitchen mentioned in D Magazine.
As the restaurant industry moves into week two of coronavirus impact, diners are starting to glimpse a world of precarity that has always existed under the surface of the restaurant industry.
March 26, 2020
Furlough Kitchen mentioned on Some Good News.
The second episode was released two days ago, and for those who missed it, a new nonprofit, started by Plano-based restaurant group FrontBurner, got a shout out.
April 8, 2020
Furlough Kitchen interview on KRLD.
Randy DeWitt, CEO, Frontburner Restaurants (Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar, The Ranch at Las Colinas, Velvet Taco, Mexican Sugar, Ida Claire, Sixty Vines, The Keeper, Haywire, Unlawful Assembly Brewing Co, and Legacy Food Hall).
March 26, 2020
Furlough Kitchen mentioned in Dallasites101.
Front Burner Restaurants has announced their collaboration with CitySquare on the opening of Furlough Kitchen, a non-profit in the heart of East Dallas that will provide furloughed hospitality workers one free meal a day with the goal of serving more than 1,000 meals per day!
May 2020
Furlough Kitchen mentioned in MSN.
Furlough Kitchen is operating out of Vestals Catering to cook free meals for anyone in the hospitality industry out of work. They can pick up one meal a day Monday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
March 25, 2020
Furlough Kitchen mentioned in Texas Monthly.
This is a new concept from Front Burner Restaurants, the hospitality group that owns Whiskey Cake, Legacy Hall, Mexican Sugar, and Sixty Vines. The company has collaborated with Vestals Catering and City Square, a local nonprofit dedicated to improving the effects of poverty, to create Furlough Kitchen, a pop-up nonprofit, which provides unemployed hospitality workers a free pickup meal every day, Monday-Saturday.
March 27, 2020