Monday, May 2, 2011
It’s the Merry Berry Month of May at Eat’n Park!
Our classic jingle says it all! Do you remember how it went? Here’s a refresher:
In the merry, berry month of May (the month of May),
There's a deal at Eat'n Park every day (ev-ery day).
Berry sundaes, berry shakes,
Berry pies, berry cakes.
In the merry, berry month,
The very, merry month,
The very, berry month of....MAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
Now that we’ve got that little ditty stuck in your head, let’s get down to business. We’re featuring eleven (count ‘em!) strawberry-packed items this month, so there’s no time to waste! Read on…
Strawberry Banana French Toast
And you thought our Bananas Foster French Toast was good! Try adding strawberries and swapping out the Texas Toast for our homemade grilled strawberry bread. Oh yeah! Served with three pieces of bacon or sausage. $5.79
Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast
Two slices of French Toast stuffed with sweet cream cheese and warm strawberry filling. This one’s oozing with goodness! Served with three pieces of bacon or sausage. $5.79
Grilled Chicken and Strawberry Salad
There’s a reason we bring it back every year – it’s fantastic! Julienne strips of grilled chicken, fresh strawberries, sliced almonds, and our warm poppy-seed dressing over a bed of spinach. Served with our homemade strawberry bread! $7.99
Strawberry Crème Pie
As if strawberries weren’t enough, we went and added crème! The whole thing is topped off with whipped cream and strawberry drizzle.
$2.69 a slice / $9.99 for a whole pie
Strawberries and Cream
Freshly sliced strawberries topped with whipped cream. This is the perfect after-dinner treat when you want something light, refreshing, and low-calorie! $2.49
Strawberry Milkshake
What, you wanted an explanation for this one? The name says it all. $3.29
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Shake
Question: How do you improve upon a classic like the Strawberry Milkshake? Answer: Add chocolate! You’ll love this great new twist. $3.69
Strawberry Sundae
Premium vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries, whipped, cream, and a cherry. Your choice of one scoop or two. $2.49-2.99
Strawberry Lemonade
Infused with freshly-sliced strawberries, it’s the perfect way to cool down on a warm day. Includes free refills! $2.79
And, just for good measure, we have one new non-strawberry item…
Pittsburgh Turkey Sandwich
It’s BAAAAACK! You loved it, and we heard you. Oven-roasted turkey breast, Swiss cheese, chipotle slaw, and crispy French fries piled high between slices of grilled Italian bread. Served with a side of your choice. $6.99
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In the merry, berry month of May (the month of May),
There's a deal at Eat'n Park every day (ev-ery day).
Berry sundaes, berry shakes,
Berry pies, berry cakes.
In the merry, berry month,
The very, merry month,
The very, berry month of....MAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
Now that we’ve got that little ditty stuck in your head, let’s get down to business. We’re featuring eleven (count ‘em!) strawberry-packed items this month, so there’s no time to waste! Read on…
Strawberry Banana French Toast
And you thought our Bananas Foster French Toast was good! Try adding strawberries and swapping out the Texas Toast for our homemade grilled strawberry bread. Oh yeah! Served with three pieces of bacon or sausage. $5.79
Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast Two slices of French Toast stuffed with sweet cream cheese and warm strawberry filling. This one’s oozing with goodness! Served with three pieces of bacon or sausage. $5.79
Strawberry Waffle
Our homemade Belgian waffle is topped with sliced fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Everything is better with strawberries! $5.79
Grilled Chicken and Strawberry Salad
Strawberry Pie
It has a history – a long, delicious one! Read about the origins of our famous Strawberry pie here. Or just come in and enjoy a slice!
$1.99 a slice / $8.99 for a whole pie
$1.99 a slice / $8.99 for a whole pie
Strawberry Crème Pie As if strawberries weren’t enough, we went and added crème! The whole thing is topped off with whipped cream and strawberry drizzle.
$2.69 a slice / $9.99 for a whole pie
Strawberries and Cream
Freshly sliced strawberries topped with whipped cream. This is the perfect after-dinner treat when you want something light, refreshing, and low-calorie! $2.49
Strawberry Milkshake
What, you wanted an explanation for this one? The name says it all. $3.29
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Shake
Question: How do you improve upon a classic like the Strawberry Milkshake? Answer: Add chocolate! You’ll love this great new twist. $3.69
Strawberry Sundae
Premium vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries, whipped, cream, and a cherry. Your choice of one scoop or two. $2.49-2.99
Strawberry Lemonade Infused with freshly-sliced strawberries, it’s the perfect way to cool down on a warm day. Includes free refills! $2.79
And, just for good measure, we have one new non-strawberry item…
Pittsburgh Turkey Sandwich
It’s BAAAAACK! You loved it, and we heard you. Oven-roasted turkey breast, Swiss cheese, chipotle slaw, and crispy French fries piled high between slices of grilled Italian bread. Served with a side of your choice. $6.99
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Flower Smiley Cookies: Here’s to Mom!
All of these April showers (and boy, have there been a lot of them!) have finally brought in May flowers. Well, Flower Smiley Cookies, that is! Next time you stop in to Eat’n Park, you’ll see that they’re in full bloom. With Mother’s Day coming up, these colorful posies do a lot more than brighten up our bakeries. In fact, we guarantee that they’ll put a smile on the face of the special lady in your life! Stop in for a dozen (only $6.99 at any Eat’n Park), or better yet, bring Mom in for a special meal. All moms who visit us this Mother’s Day will receive a free packet of Forget-Me-Not seeds.
Our online store at SmileyCookie.com is also stocking some very special items for the occasion, including gift baskets featuring our limited-edition “#1 Mom” and “Luv U Mom” Flower Cookies.
If you aren’t able to visit her this Mother’s Day, these delicious treats are a great way to show you care! Place your order early and select your delivery date, so that your basket of blooms arrives right on time! Click here to shop now.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Free Pie?! My, oh, my! Sign up to get your free slice of our famous Strawberry Pie!
Yep, you read that right - a free slice of our delicious Strawberry Pie is just around the corner for a very elite group of people: Smiley’s Email Club members! The week of May 9, we’ll be sending out this tasty coupon to all members. Lucky for you, there’s still time to join the club to get YOUR free slice!
If you’re reading this right now, chances are that you’ve been wanting to join, but just haven’t gotten around to it. I know, I know – you’re a busy person! Well, let today be the day. As a member, not only will you enjoy a free slice of strawberry deliciousness, but you’ll also get lots of other perks throughout the year. Like what? Well, for starters, how about free desserts for your birthday and anniversary, AND over $40 worth of coupon savings every year!
So, if you’ve got 30 seconds, click here right now and sign up today. Then keep an eye on your inbox the week of May 9 for your special coupon!
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If you’re reading this right now, chances are that you’ve been wanting to join, but just haven’t gotten around to it. I know, I know – you’re a busy person! Well, let today be the day. As a member, not only will you enjoy a free slice of strawberry deliciousness, but you’ll also get lots of other perks throughout the year. Like what? Well, for starters, how about free desserts for your birthday and anniversary, AND over $40 worth of coupon savings every year!
So, if you’ve got 30 seconds, click here right now and sign up today. Then keep an eye on your inbox the week of May 9 for your special coupon!
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Eat’n Park Receives Restaurant Neighbor Award for Commitment to Community Service
We are very excited to announce that the National Restaurant Association has presented us with its 2011 Restaurant Neighbor Award! What makes this such an honor? Well, two things. First, this is a national award, and we were selected from ALL of the restaurants in the country! Second, and most important, we were selected because of our fundraising efforts through our Caring for Kids campaign – something that our team members have put an enormous amount of time and dedication into. To be nationally recognized for something that is so important to our culture here at Eat’n Park is truly a credit to our entire organization.
Since 1979, our restaurant team members have poured their hearts into raising money for local children’s hospitals. In those 31 years, the campaign has raised more than $7 million for sick children and their families. Yesterday, several of our team members attended the award ceremony in Washington, D.C. to accept the honor on our behalf. The video below was shown at the event.
The Restaurant Neighbor Award is given to companies that demonstrate outstanding service efforts in the communities that they serve. The award was developed in 1999 to inspire more restaurant owners and operators to get involved and contribute to their respective communities. We’re happy to say that by that time, we’d already been running our Caring for Kids campaign for 20 years!
Over the years, this campaign has evolved into a program that we are incredibly proud of. There’s one reason for its continued success: our amazing team members. In good economic times and in bad, our team members have rallied together through this campaign to support their communities. Last year, they contributed over 4,000 volunteer hours during the campaign’s five-week span.
While receiving this award is truly an honor, all that really matters is that we’re making a difference in the lives of the people in our communities who support us every day. It’s one way that we live up to our name – “The Place for Smiles.”
To read more about the Restaurant Neighbor Award and the other recipients, click here.
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Since 1979, our restaurant team members have poured their hearts into raising money for local children’s hospitals. In those 31 years, the campaign has raised more than $7 million for sick children and their families. Yesterday, several of our team members attended the award ceremony in Washington, D.C. to accept the honor on our behalf. The video below was shown at the event.
The Restaurant Neighbor Award is given to companies that demonstrate outstanding service efforts in the communities that they serve. The award was developed in 1999 to inspire more restaurant owners and operators to get involved and contribute to their respective communities. We’re happy to say that by that time, we’d already been running our Caring for Kids campaign for 20 years!
Over the years, this campaign has evolved into a program that we are incredibly proud of. There’s one reason for its continued success: our amazing team members. In good economic times and in bad, our team members have rallied together through this campaign to support their communities. Last year, they contributed over 4,000 volunteer hours during the campaign’s five-week span.
While receiving this award is truly an honor, all that really matters is that we’re making a difference in the lives of the people in our communities who support us every day. It’s one way that we live up to our name – “The Place for Smiles.”
To read more about the Restaurant Neighbor Award and the other recipients, click here.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
New Eat'n Park Takeout Commercial
Hop in to Eat’n Park for your Easter goodies!
At Eat’n Park, our Bunny Smiley Cookies have hopped into town, and this year, they’re joined by our NEW Sarris Milk Chocolate Bunny Smileys. Talk about the perfect combination!
These adorable treats make it easy to throw together an Easter basket that will suit anyone’s sweet tooth. Our chocolate Bunny Smileys are individually wrapped, and you can score a whole herd of them for just $1 each. And as always, you can pick up a dozen Bunny Smiley Cookies for only $6.99 in our restaurants.
But filling Easter baskets isn’t the only way we can help complete your Easter celebration. Our fresh-baked pies are all available for order. Nothing says spring quite like a slice of Lemon Meringue – and you can get a whole pie for just $6.99 this month! We also have muffins, fresh breads, and more available for order from our bakery – just click here to take a look at our order form. Call your local Eat’n Park and put your order in today!
Finally, if you have loved ones who won’t be able to make it home for Easter this year, you can still send a sweet surprise from our online store, where we have Easter gifts starting at just $24.99. Our Bunny Smiley Cookies are paired with classic Easter treats like Peeps®, jelly beans, and those chocolate Bunny Smileys, all inside a wicker basket filled with shredded paper “grass”.
When your gift lands on their doorstep, your loved ones will surely think that the Easter Bunny has made a special delivery! Click here to see what we have to offer.
Hoppy Easter!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Community-Supported Agriculture
With spring rapidly approaching, many farmers are getting ready to plant the crops that they’ll harvest this summer and fall - which got me thinking about CSAs. CSA stands for Community-Supported Agriculture, and it’s a great way for consumers like you and me to get a great bounty of fresh, local goods while supporting farmers in our own communities.
Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
What’s in the box will vary depending on the farmers involved in each CSA. Here at Eat’n Park’s Corporate Support Center, we participate in the Penn’s Corner CSA. Penn’s Corner is a cooperative of over 30 local growers, including some of the farms that supply Eat’n Park restaurants with fresh fruit and produce. Because Penn’s Corner is comprised of so many different farmers, our weekly boxes contain not only a wide variety of local herbs, veggies, and fruits, but also the occasional jar of honey, pack of fresh pasta, gourmet mushrooms, local cheese, or free range eggs.
But Penn’s Corner certainly isn’t the only CSA available in this area. Last Friday, I was out visiting farms when I came across Janoski Farms in Clinton, PA. This farm has been in operation since 1890, and currently includes thirty-five greenhouses, a retail farm market, a farm bakery, a garden center, orchard, gift shop, country restaurant and over 200 acres of vegetable production. The Janoski’s recently decided to start a CSA, which will run from June through November, and will take advantage of the many vegetables and fruits already grown on the farm.
In addition to enjoying fresh, local produce, another great benefit to CSA membership is the opportunity to try vegetables that you otherwise wouldn’t have considered. Many CSAs, including Penn’s Corner and Janoski’s, provide recipes that incorporate the week’s bounty. You may just discover a new favorite meal!
Penn’s Corner and Janoski’s are just two of the many CSA programs available in this region. To locate a CSA near you, or just to find out more about CSAs in general, I recommend that you visit http://www.localharvest.org/csa/. Just put in your zip code to see a listing of all the CSAs available in your area.
Looking forward to the first harvest,
Jamie
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Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
What’s in the box will vary depending on the farmers involved in each CSA. Here at Eat’n Park’s Corporate Support Center, we participate in the Penn’s Corner CSA. Penn’s Corner is a cooperative of over 30 local growers, including some of the farms that supply Eat’n Park restaurants with fresh fruit and produce. Because Penn’s Corner is comprised of so many different farmers, our weekly boxes contain not only a wide variety of local herbs, veggies, and fruits, but also the occasional jar of honey, pack of fresh pasta, gourmet mushrooms, local cheese, or free range eggs.
But Penn’s Corner certainly isn’t the only CSA available in this area. Last Friday, I was out visiting farms when I came across Janoski Farms in Clinton, PA. This farm has been in operation since 1890, and currently includes thirty-five greenhouses, a retail farm market, a farm bakery, a garden center, orchard, gift shop, country restaurant and over 200 acres of vegetable production. The Janoski’s recently decided to start a CSA, which will run from June through November, and will take advantage of the many vegetables and fruits already grown on the farm.
In addition to enjoying fresh, local produce, another great benefit to CSA membership is the opportunity to try vegetables that you otherwise wouldn’t have considered. Many CSAs, including Penn’s Corner and Janoski’s, provide recipes that incorporate the week’s bounty. You may just discover a new favorite meal!
Penn’s Corner and Janoski’s are just two of the many CSA programs available in this region. To locate a CSA near you, or just to find out more about CSAs in general, I recommend that you visit http://www.localharvest.org/csa/. Just put in your zip code to see a listing of all the CSAs available in your area.
Looking forward to the first harvest,
Jamie
An example of a weekly share from Penn's Corner CSA.
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