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At Eat’n Park, we try to contribute as much as possible to the communities in which we do business. As a corporation, we donate at least 5% of our pre-tax earnings to non-profit organizations in our neighborhoods. We also get involved by:

• Giving away a LOT of Smiley Cookies! We donated about 10,000 dozen Smiley Cookies to nonprofit and community organizations in 2008.
• Donating gift cards to help non-profits raise funds. Last year, we donated more than $50,000 worth of Eat’n Park gift cards.
• Supporting community events with Smiley, our mascot, his Cookie Cruiser vehicle, and our team of smile experts! Team Smiley visits community events free of charge. In 2008, they attended events throughout Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania to pass out about 90,000 Smiley Cookies and offer kids a chance to play games and even decorate their own Smiley Cookies.

We’re proud to be a part of your community and want to be good neighbors. We offer two types of donations to non-profit organizations. If your non-profit is looking for assistance, here’s how we can help:
Restaurant-Level Donations
Our restaurant managers at each Eat’n Park location are authorized to make one of the following donations per event:

• Up to 15 dozen cookies at 50% off
• Up to $10 in gift cards
• Up to $15 in product (Smiley Cookies, food, or supplies)

Non-profit organizations are eligible to receive a restaurant-level donation once per year. To receive one of these donations, take a written request on your organization’s letterhead to the general manager of your local Eat’n Park for consideration. For more information about restaurant-level donations, click here.
Corporate-Level Donations
Requests for Smiley Cookies, gift cards, and any other in-kind donations exceeding the amounts above must be approved by our corporate office. You’ll need to submit your request online (just click here) at least 5 weeks before your deadline or event date.
We would love to support every worthy organization that requests our help. Unfortunately, due to the volume of requests that we receive both at the restaurant and corporate level, we are unable to participate in all of the worthy opportunities presented to us, and we cannot make exceptions to our 5-week deadline.
Smiley and his Cookie Cruiser
Smiley and his Cookie Cruiser visit community events throughout the year. If you would like to invite Smiley and/or his Cookie Cruiser to your special event, click here to fill out our online form.
On behalf of the team at Eat’n Park, thanks for thinking of us as a partner for your organization. I hope we have a chance to work with you in the future!
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“I Didn’t Know That!”
I’m always surprised to hear this response from some of our most loyal guests when I tell them about how we prepare our seafood. They know our seafood is good, but they’ve never thought about what makes it so good. It’s really simple - we take great care in choosing ingredients and preparing your meal at Eat’n Park. Here are a few of the fun facts that have surprised my friends and family:

• Our fish sandwiches, including our famous “Whale of a Cod” and our new “Whitefish Sandwich,” are hand-breaded and fried in trans-fat free canola oil. Hand-breaded tastes better than processed!
• Our new Gulf Coast Spinach appetizer is prepared fresh! When I say fresh, I mean that it’s not shipped in or frozen, but is hand-mixed from the raw ingredients each day and baked fresh when you order it.
• Our Nantucket Cod, one of my favorites, is topped with an incredible seafood stuffing that’s homemade each morning. It’s fresh-baked and made to order, just for you. Our crab-stuffed cod also features our own homemade stuffing.
• We prepare our tuna salad fresh, from scratch, every day. We mix Starkist tuna with fresh green peppers, celery, onion, diced egg and mayo. It’s served on our six-grain bread, which we bake fresh each day in our restaurants. We then top it with melted cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato to make what we think is the best Tuna Melt Sandwich in town. Homemade tuna salad on fresh-baked bread is why it tastes so good.
• We take a lot of pride in the seafood we serve. For instance, we only serve wild-caught Alaskan Salmon. It’s higher in Omega 3 Acids (the good fat!) and lower in Mercury than farm-raised salmon.

So, now you know why our seafood items are so delicious! Don’t forget to stop in soon to try one of our seafood specials – they’ll be gone before you know it.

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If you’re here reading our blog, chances are you’re familiar with Facebook. So many of our team members and guests are members that we decided we’d better join the party!

So, this week, we launched our very own fan page! We’re excited about joining the Facebook community - we think it will be a great way to further connect with our guests, and for our guests to reach out to us.

We’re already planning some really cool promotions on Facebook – so find us and join the fun! If you’re a member, sign in, then click here to see Smiley's Fan Page. We’re giving 10% off coupons to anyone who becomes a fan before March 30.

From our fan page, you’ll be able to download Smiley avatars and wallpapers for your desktop. In addition, you can even customize your own Smiley Cookies right in Facebook, submit your order, and have your creation delivered to your door!

If you’re a diehard March Madness addict, you’ll enjoy our “Menu Madness” promotion. Vote on your favorites from the Breakfast, Burgers & Sandwiches, Dinner, and Dessert “regions” to determine which menu items will move on to the Sweetest 16 round. You’ll get something special just for voting. Don’t forget to check back to see which items make it to the championship…if one of your picks wins it all, there might be something in it for you!

If you’re not familiar with Facebook, here’s the scoop: Facebook is an interactive site where you can easily keep in touch with family, colleagues, and friends new and old. Once you’ve created a profile, you can search for your acquaintances and request that they become your “Facebook Friend.” Once you’ve become friends with someone, you’ll get status updates whenever they post new information, photos, and more. You can even send and receive messages through Facebook. You’ll be surprised at who you’ll find – it’s not uncommon to reconnect with someone you haven’t seen in 20 years! If you're ready to join now, click here to get started.

We’re hoping you’ll find us and become a fan. See you on Facebook! Share

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What is your favorite soup day at Eat’n Park?

Our soups and chili have long been a favorite at Eat’n Park. It seems like there’s a following for each flavor. The most popular is definitely Eat’n Park’s famous Potato soup, but my personal favorite is the Stuffed Pepper soup. I order it every Monday! What is your soup day at Eat’n Park?

A great way to enjoy our soups is to get them to go. That’s right – all of our soups and chili are available for takeout by the quart. And at $5.99, it’s a great deal! A quart contains about 4 servings so it’s delicious, a great value, and can serve the whole family.

Our homemade chicken noodle soup and chili are available every day. Our other soups are available as follows:

Sunday: Cream of Potato
Monday: Stuffed Pepper
Tuesday: Cream of Broccoli
Wednesday: Cream of Potato
Thursday: Wedding
Friday: Clam Chowder
Saturday: Cream of Broccoli

Enjoy!

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2009 marks our 60th year in business! 60 years of providing high quality food and service at a wonderful price! 60 years of making new friends, and 60 years of building smiles in our communities! We thank you for helping to make this all possible.

It seems like just yesterday when my Dad would load our family into the station wagon to head over to our Bridgeville restaurant for a Superburger. He would always buy at least one Tin Roof Sundae for us all to share. 25 years later, I am still enjoying Superburgers on a weekly basis…they just never get old. And the Tin Roof Sundae… it’s still a favorite, although now we each order our own!

There are so many memories to go around…I know you have a bunch as well. We hope that you will take time to celebrate with us this year over the summer as we look back over our great history, while at the same time never resting on our laurels. This year in particular, we will work harder than ever to provide you with a wonderful experience at an even better value.

Thank you, again, for allowing us to serve you, your family and your friends for 60 years. Cheers!

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Well, my story isn't a romantic story, but it is about love! 10 years ago I had twins, Melissa and Michael. My best friend Charles loves Eat'n Park so much that he couldn't wait until he could take them to eat there. Well, they were about a month old and there we were at Eat'n Park on Banksville Road. Chuckie (as I call him) was getting his picture taken with Melissa, holding a Smiley Cookie right in front of her. Yes, he wanted to feed it to the twins but I had to assure him that they'd soon in time be old enough to eat them. One of their first solid foods was a Smiley Cookie. You know, until this present day, Melissa LOVES Smiley Cookies. We have to go buy them at least once a month for her, and believe me when I say she eats the whole dozen herself! Michael, on the other hand, LOVES the buffet.

Charles now lives in Florida and we ship him Smiley Cookies, since he loves them just as much as Melissa does. He even comes up to Pittsburgh about 4 or so times a year, and you better believe we go to Eat'n Park to eat every time he visits. As I said, this isn't a love story, but it is of the love of Eat'n Park.

Tanya
Pittsburgh, PA Share

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I met my husband in 2001, and we were married in 2002. During courtship, and even after our wedding, we frequently ate at Eat'n Park Restaurants because he was a very healthy eater and loved the salad bar and fish we could get there.

A few months later we started a family.....now two daughters later...at 3 & 5 years old they still like to go to "Park n Eat" It is their favorite restaurant. Every time I take the girls to "Park n Eat," they get the Baked Scrod w/ Broccoli, and they love it so much. Waitresses are often surprised to see two toddlers eating fish, but they've been eating it since before they had teeth. Their daddy loved it and he passed that down to them. He came ill to cancer and has, to our dismay, go on to be with the Lord in Heaven, but God sustains us and still gives the 3 of us opportunities to go to "Park n Eat" to have some fish!!!!

Rebecca
Greensburg, PA Share

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