A few O.C. restaurants are taking this week to help charities with the Haiti earthquake disaster by donating a portion if not all their proceeds. Here are three notables.
Anaheim White House — On Friday, January 22, starting at 7 p.m., guests making a minimum $25 donation will enjoy a dinner of salad and lasagna. The George Clooney telethon will be broadcast on their TVs. All proceeds raised from the event will be donated to the American Red Cross.
Beach Pit BBQ — On Thursday, January 21, 100% of all food sales at all locations in Orange County will be donated to PEACE Relief, a Lake Forest nonprofit bound for Haiti.
Chaparosa Grill – The fundraiser is scheduled for Chaparosa Grill's locations in Tustin on Sunday, Jan. 31 and in Laguna Niguel on Monday, Feb. 1. There will be two seatings for meals at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The prix-fixe meal of $35 include a choice of soup or salad, an entrée, and dessert. The restaurant will donate $20 of each meal and 20 percent of bar sales to Brea-based Giving Children of Hope.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.