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Our nickname may be “The place for smiles” but we also love creating smiles within our community. On April 29th, we held our first ever Day of Smiles, an event that gathered nearly 100 of our team members to volunteer at 10 different community service projects throughout the city.

As a company, we invest at least 5% of our pre-tax earnings to support nonprofit organizations – and though we support a wide variety of causes, we focus our efforts on three areas:  Sharing Smiles, Growing Smiles, and Hero Smiles. Click here to read more about each.

On our Day of Smiles, three of our service projects were focused on “Sharing Smiles” by supporting family wellness and fitness. Read on to learn about how our team spent their day!

Best of the Batch Foundation

A team of our volunteers visited Munhall to help with Best of the Batch Foundation, which was established by former Steeler Charlie Batch. They helped to get ready for two of their summer programs: CHUCK and Next Level Athletics Track Club. Charlie even stopped by to personally thank our team members for helping out!

Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon


An event that the city looks forward to every year is Pittsburgh Marathon weekend. Throughout the event, more than 30,000 people of all ages and physical activity levels hit the pavement as participants in everything from 50-yard Tot Trot, to the 1 mile Kids’ Marathon to the 26.2-mile full marathon. The fun kicked off at the runner’s expo, where our team of volunteers helped runners to get registered.

Girls on the Run


We also had volunteers travel to Oakland to help the Girls on the Run staff prepare for their upcoming 5K race. This program inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. We annually make a donation to help provide scholarships for low-income students to participate in this life-changing program.

Check out our other blogs in this series to learn about our community projects for Growing Smiles and Hero Smiles.
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Giving back to our community is in our DNA. On April 29th, we held our first ever Day of Smiles, an event that gathered nearly 100 of our team members to volunteer at 10 different community service projects throughout the city.

As a company, we invest at least 5% of our pre-tax earnings to support nonprofit organizations – and though we support a wide variety of causes, we focus our efforts on three areas:  Sharing Smiles, Growing Smiles, and Hero Smiles.  Click here to read more about each.

On our Day of Smiles, three of our service projects were focused on “Hero Smiles” with the goal of enhancing the lives of military veterans and their families. Read on to learn more about our volunteer projects!
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Stumped on what to get Mom for Mother’s Day? We’re not! Read on to learn about how you can make Mom’s special day extra special!

Moms are all about spending quality time together so why not bring her to our Sunday Brunch Buffet with the whole family? It’s available every Sunday from 11AM-2PM for just $9.99, and features new favorites like French toast sticks, frittata, and sausage gravy just to name a few!

Plus, we’re giving all Moms a free Smiley Cookie with their meal (while supplies last) on Mother’s Day! Talk about a sweet surprise!

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Spring has sprung and it’s finally time to shed those winter sweaters for lighter threads! Read on to learn more about our new Smiley T-Shirts!

There’s no place like home and our new adult Pennsylvania Smiley T-Shirts will show that you’re a black and gold fanatic no matter where your travels may take you! Pick up a shirt for a loved one or for yourself for only $9.99.


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Spring is in the air and we’re celebrating by putting a new coupon in your pocket! All week long, use this coupon to enjoy $3 off any purchase of $15 or more. For the perfect jumpstart to your day, we recommend stopping by bright and early to enjoy one of our new breakfast items. Coupon valid Monday, April 4 - Sunday, April 10, 2016.

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Do you hear that? It’s the sound of new breakfast items arriving at your local Eat’n Park. Available everyday from 5-11AM, they prove that the most important meal of the day is also the best!


Chorizo Omelette
We’re kicking our omelette selection up a notch with this three-egg omelette stuffed with locally sourced Parma Chorizo Sausage, pepper Jack cheese, onions, and peppers. We then drizzle it with our Sriracha hollandaise sauce and serve it with your choice of breakfast potatoes or fresh-cut fruit and bread selection for only $8.99!

Breakfast Burrito
A meat lover’s burrito dream, this breakfast boasts scrambled eggs, chopped bacon, ham, Parma Chorizo, caramelized onions, pepper Jack cheese, and chipotle sauce all piled into a delicious tortilla. It’s served with salsa on the side and your choice of breakfast potatoes or fresh-cut fruit for $7.99.
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Our FarmSource program continues year-round thanks to partnerships with local farms, dairies, and artisan producers. I'd like to introduce you to one of those partners.

First though, a refresher on our FarmSource program is probably in order. Simply put, FarmSource is the local purchasing program that we started in 2002.  The program supports four segments, which we define as follows:

• Produce - Sourced within 150 miles from our local distributors. We selected these growers through farmer based organizations that assisted in the outreach of many of these growers.
• Dairy - Sourced within 150 miles from the milk processing facility. These dairies are independently owned and operated by farm families that choose not to treat their herds with rBGH (bovine growth hormone).
• Meat - Regional (located within 400 miles) meat producers. These facilities are USDA inspected and source their animals from farms that are within a three hour drive from the processing facility.
• Artisan - These producers devote their time, energy and passion to a limited line of products. Often these producers have a single product line, produced at a single facility.  These companies range from a local hearth-baked bread company to a neighborhood ethnic sausage manufacturer.  

You might be surprised to learn how many local products are used throughout our menu. One of our Artisan producers that we support is Parma Sausage.

Parma Sausage is a meat distributor located in the Strip District of Pittsburgh.

The company was founded by the late Luigi Spinabelli, who passed the family business down to his daughter and son-in-law, Rina and John Edwards. When we first started working with them, 10 years ago, we dealt primarily with Rina and John, and over the last 5 years, their children have slowly starting to trickle back into the family business. I'm proud that we're working with such a passionate and homegrown business like Parma Sausage.

Our current menu uses Parma Chorizo Sausage. The Chorizo is used in both our Breakfast Burrito and our Spicy Chorizo Omelette. I had a chance to talk with our Executive Chef of Menu Development, John Frick, and he said, "The menu items featuring Parma's products are quite popular. Because Parma's products are also available to the public from their store in the Strip District, I have the pleasure of enjoying them not only at Eat'n Park, but also at home."
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