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It was a memorable NFL season for more reason than the Eagles’ upset in the Super Bowl.
From Sept.1 through Super Bowl Sunday, the Lessing’s Main Street Restaurant Group helped donate 8,208 meals in the fight to end hunger, a record-shattering number for the yearly effort.
The Lessing’s group teams up with Gallo Winery on the drives.
Through the partnership, five Lessing’s restaurant locations (listed below) sell Gallo wines and each glass equals one meal donated through a nonprofit called Feeding America.
That is four meals per bottle of wine.
In five years of running the event, this was the most successful by a wide margin.
“This is the best we ever done,” said Jen Cantin of Lessing’s Hospitality Group. “Normally, it is like 1,500 or 2,500.”
This year, the initiative was indicated right on the Main Street restaurants’ menus.
“And we have great customers,” said Cantin, “so when deciding what to drink, many of them chose to drink wine and support those in need. Wine not?
The Lessing’s Main Street Restaurant Group includes The Post Office in Babylon, Southside Bar & Restaurant in Bay Shore, Maxwell’s in Islip, Library Café in Farmingdale and Finnegan’s in Huntington.
