Go out to dinner tonight (for JJ's)

An update on the restaurants that are participating in tonight's one-day fundraiser for the staff and employees of JJ's Restaurant after this weeks tragic explosion:

The Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association (GKCRA) is bringing together Kansas City restaurants and diners in a citywide effort to assist JJ’s Restaurant employees after a gas explosion destroyed the restaurant on Tuesday, February 19. Today only – Saturday, February 23 – participating restaurants will donate 10 percent of sales to the JJ’s Restaurant Support Fund, a support account set up and managed by the GKCRA. The funds collected will be turned over to JJ’s Restaurant owner, Jimmy Frantze, and his management team to help his staff convalesce.

 

More than 110 Kansas City restaurants are currently participating, but this number anticipates increasing throughout the day on Friday, February 22. For full information and an ongoing updated list of participating restaurants for tomorrow’s benefit, visit http://pitch.pe/13b3fb2 or the GKCRA’s Facebook page at facebook.com/GKCRA.

 

In addition to the ten percent donation from the participating restaurants, diners will also have the chance to make freewill donations at the participating restaurants.

 

Participating restaurants include:

715 Restaurant (Lawrence)

Affare Restaurant

Aixois

Aixois Brasserie

Anton's Taproom

Blanc Burgers + Bottles (Country Club Plaza)

blue bird bistro

Blue Grotto

bluestem

Cafe des Amis

Cafe Europa

Cafe Gratitude

Café Sebastienne

Café Trio

Chaz on the Plaza

Classic Cup

Coach’s Bar & Grill (Kansas City)

Coach’s Bar & Grill (Overland Park)

Coal Vines

Coffee Girl's Cafe

Cupini's Deli

Duke’s on Grand

EBT Restaurant

Eden Alley Cafe

Eggtc (serves breakfast and lunch only)

Em Chamas Brazilian Grill

Extra Virgin

Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue (Freight House)

Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue (Country Club Plaza)

Fogo de Chao

FüD

Gaslight Grill

Golden Ox

Governor Stumpy's Grill House

Grand Street Café

Granfalloon Restaurant & Bar

Grinders

Jasper’s Restaurant

Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen (Kansas City)

Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen (Legends Outlets Kansas City)

Jess and Jim's Steakhouse

JULIAN

Kona Grill

La Bodega (Kansas City)

La Bodega (Leawood)

Le Fou Frog

Lew’s Grill & Bar

Lidia’s

Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge

McFadden’s Sports Saloon

Michael Forbes Bar & Grille

Michael Smith

Minsky’s Pizza (5105 Main Street)

Mio Italian Trattoria

Nara

Nica’s 320

O’Dowd’s Little Dublin (Country Club Plaza)

Oklahoma Joe’s (Kansas City)

Oklahoma Joe’s (Leawood)

Oklahoma Joe’s (Olathe)

Old Shawnee Pizza & Italian Kitchen (Shawnee)

Old Shawnee Pizza & Italian Kitchen (Lenexa)

Old Shawnee Pizza & Italian Kitchen (Kansas City)

O'Neill's Restaurant & Bar

Osteria Il Centro

Piropos Grille

Piropos Restaurant

Pizza 51 (Kansas City)

Pizza 51 West (Fairway)

Pizza Bar

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Antioch Road, Gladstone)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Johnson Drive, Mission)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Prospect Avenue, Kansas City)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Troost Avenue, Kansas City)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (State Line Road, Kansas City)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Linwood Blvd, Kansas City)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (71 Highway, Grandview)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (119th Street, Olathe)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (Raytown Road, Raytown)

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken (East US 40 Highway, Independence)

Popeyes Louisian Chicken (North Main Street, Lansing)

Providence New American Kitchen

Room 39 (Kansas City)

Room 39 (Leawood)

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

rye

Seasons 52

Snow & Co.

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza (Kansas City)

Starker’s Restaurant

Story

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen

Tavern at Mission Farms

Tavern in the Village

Tengo Sed Cantina

The Bloomsbury Bistro (serves lunch only)

The Boot

The Capital Grille

The Dubliner

The Jacobson

The Kill Devil Club

The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange

The Roasterie Café (Kansas City)

The Roasterie Café (Brookside)

The Roasterie Café (Leawood)

The Well Bar, Grill & Rooftop

Trezo Mare

V’s Italiano Ristorante

Waldo Pizza (Kansas City)

Waldo Pizza (Lee's Summit)

Webster House

Westport Café & Bar
Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill

Wine Flights Bar & Bistro

Woodsweather Cafe

Ya Ya’s Euro Bistro

Those wishing to make a donation directly to the JJ's Restaurant Support Fund, may do so by February 28 by mailing a check or money order to:

Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association

JJ’s Restaurant Support Fund

4049 Pennsylvania, Suite 204

Kansas City, MO 64111

For more information on the GKCRA or the JJ’s Restaurant Support Fund, contact Angela Brunner or Steve Cole, GKCRA at 816-753-5222.

And thank you, in advance, for supporting this group.

Links: Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association

Fundraiser for the employee's and staff of JJ's Restaurant