Celebrate our 3rd Anniversary with us on Sunday, February 18, 2007
7am - 11am: Free* Pastries
11am - 2 pm: Free* Small Espresso, Cappuccino, Macchiato, Espresso con Panna or Americano
* One per customer
plus
Samples of our tasty treats, guess the number of green & roasted bean contest, Pacific Bay Coffee Co. gift basket drawing, 12-2pm: Live music with David Moore, Wood & Steel Guitar
Customer Appreciation & 2nd Anniversary Celebration!
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Festivities include:
* One per customer.
Organized by Group of Eleven, eleven concerned hospitality business and restaurant owners and operators of the East Bay
On behalf of the newly established New Orleans Hospitality Workers Disaster Relief Fund, a group of eleven concerned hospitality business and restaurant owners and operators from Walnut Creek, Lafayette and Danville, CA are collaborating on and sponsoring a nine course multi-chef wine dinner to benefit displaced cooks, servers and restaurant workers of New Orleans. The Commander’s Palace Family of Restaurants is spearheading a relief fund to benefit professionals in the hospitality industry in New Orleans who have provided fabulous times and memories for millions. The fund will be administered to qualified applicants by the well established Greater Houston Community Foundation, a 501c3.
The event will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at the Walnut Creek Yacht Club in Walnut Creek, CA. Fresh oysters and prawns from Osprey Seafood of San Francisco will be served with sparkling wines and champagne during a reception from 5 – 6:30 pm. Selected paired wines will be discussed and poured by Walnut Creek Yacht Club Wine Director/Owner/General Manager, Ellen McCarty and Prima Wine Director/Owner, John Rittmaster. Eight courses will be prepared by Executive Chefs Kevin Gin from Bridges of Danville, Vince Herrera from Lark Creek of Walnut Creek, Mike Zeiter from Postino of Lafayette, Peter Chastain from Prima of Walnut Creek, Kelly Degala from Va de Vi of Walnut Creek, and Kevin Weinberg from Walnut Creek Yacht Club of Walnut Creek. Dessert will be provided by Pastry Chef Denise Vickers from Walnut Creek Baking Company, Belgian Chocolate from Kurt and Lori Kroothoep of Leonidas Chocolates of Walnut Creek and coffee from Roastmaster/Co-Founder John Laird of Pacific Bay Coffee Co. of Walnut Creek. C & M Party Rentals of Walnut Creek will provide the tented reception area, plates, cutlery and glasses.
Each participant will receive a raffle ticket and the option to purchase additional tickets for gift certificates at each of the participating businesses. In addition, grand prizes will be raffled off at the end of the evening. The Group of Eleven has set their fundraising goal at $30,000 and 100% of the funds raised will go directly to the New Orleans Hospitality Workers Disaster Relief Fund.
In addition to the dinner event, Prima Vini Wine Shop will host a silent wine auction with generous donations from many of California's most prominent wineries. Bidding will begin Monday, September 26 at 1pm and close Monday, October 3 at 5pm. The auction items will be on display beginning Monday, September 26 at Prima Vini, located one block from the Walnut Creek Yacht Club. Auction items include a five-magnum vertical set of rare Foley Claret, a six-bottle case of 1997 Calera Jensen Pinot Noir, a five vintage vertical set Cabernet Sauvignon and a Sauvignon Blanc from Spottswoode and many big and rare bottles from Salvestrin, Marguerite Ryan, School House and Miner Family wineries with much more to come. Bidding is open to the general public with bidding also available via e-mail. Bidders do not have to attend the dinner to participate. Contact John@primawine.com to register or for more information.
Ticket are $250 per person, limited to 100 guests. Tickets will go on sale at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2005, first come first serve, by calling Kevin Weinberg or Ellen McCarty or stopping by at the Walnut Creek Yacht Club, 1555 Bonanza Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, 925-944-3474. If you are unable to attend but would like to help, please stop by or mail your donation to the Walnut Creek Yacht Club, Attn: Kevin or Ellen. Credit cards and checks written to New Orleans Hospitality Workers Disaster Relief Fund are being accepted. All donations are tax deductible.
UPDATE: Tickets for this event sold out in 24 hours! The event raised over $44,000 - 100% will go to New Orleans as there was no budget and no cash exchanged in the production of this event - all costs were covered by donations. WOW. Thank you to each of the 84 businesses and 75 volunteers who helped make this happen.
"Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something." Author Unknown
Free 1/2 lb. of coffee beans with your donation of $10 or more
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, named “the worst U.S. natural disaster in recent history”. Individuals and businesses all over the country are seeking ways to reach out and help the victims of the disaster in the New Orleans and Mississippi area.
With your help, along with the Red Cross, we can partner together to send some relief money into the areas hardest hit by hurricane Katrina.
It's simple - from September 3rd - 18th, come in to Pacific Bay Coffee Co., with a donation of $10 or more for the Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief Fund and we'll give you a half pound of your choice of hand-crafted coffee beans from our current stock of freshly roasted beans.
Please note: We checked with the San Francisco Bay Area Red Cross and were assured that 100% of the donations will go directly to the Hurricane Katrina fund.
If you would like to recieve a receipt for a non-taxable donation, please bring in a check, written to "American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund" and the Red Cross will mail you a receipt before the end of the year.
We will also be participating in a multi-restaurant, multi-chef tasting dinner and wine pairing for the hurricane relief efforts. It is being organized by and will be held at the Walnut Creek Yacht Club.The event will most likely be held on Sunday, October 2, $250 per person, limited to 100 people. If you are interested in attending, please email us with your name, email and phone number and we'll provide you with more specific information as the details are put in to place.
The American Red Cross name is used with its permission, which no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, individual or political position. For more information about the American Red Cross, please call 1-888-4-Help-Bay.
UPDATE: Over $2,300 was raised for the Red Cross. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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