Beau Thai Wins Chase Sapphire Grant
Beau Thai is among twenty restaurants from across the United States selected to receive a $50,000 grant after a nationwide, community-driven contest. Beau Thai will use this grant money in its entirety to pay bonuses to its staff.
Chase Sapphire®, in collaboration with restaurant discovery platform The Infatuation, today announced the 20 small business restaurants that will be receiving a $50,000 grant as part of the “Sapphire Supports Restaurants Contest.”
On July 19, Chase Sapphire launched the initiative inviting people across the country to share personal stories of their favorite local eateries and nominate them for a chance to win part of the million dollars, to help provide local small business owners with economic relief following the hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When you hear what these places and the people who are part of them mean to their neighbors and customers, you realize it’s more than a small business—they are part of the heartbeat of the community,” said Marleta Ross, General Manager of Chase Sapphire. “We’re excited to help these restaurants on their rebuilding journey and seeing their continued success.”
Nearly 2,500 nominations were submitted from diners across the country sharing what their favorite local restaurant means to them. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of culinary industry insiders who considered a variety of factors including the restaurant's impact on their local community, innovation or creativity during the pandemic and the nominator's passion for the restaurant. The 20 selected winners of the Sapphire Supports Restaurant content are:
Casa Indigo (Chicago, IL) - Mer Mansuria
Saucy Porka (Chicago, IL) – John Keebler and Amy Le
TaKorea Cocina (Chicago, IL) – Robert Magiet
Magic City Hoagies (Minot, ND) – Christine Staley
Munch (Solon, OH) – Scott and Jamie Hersch
Atoboy (New York, NY) – Junghyun and Ellia Park
Kindred (New York, NY) – Moshe Schulman
Caracas Arepa Bar (Brooklyn, NY) - Maribel Araujo and Gato Barrios
Montclair Diner (Montclair, NJ) – Eliot Mosby
Verilli’s Bakery (Morristown, NJ) – Kristi Dimogerodakis
Choplins (Cornelius, NC) - Wes Choplin
Lilo's Streetfood and Bar (Lake Worth, FL) - Joseph Lipovich
Hugs Café (McKinney, TX) – Ruth Thompson
The Coffee Barrel and Uncommon Table (Beeville, TX) – Dhaval Shantilal Patel
El Pipila (San Francisco, CA) – Guadalupe Guerreo
Maison Café & Market (Dana Point, CA) – Danielle Kuhn
South LA Café (Los Angeles, CA) – Joseph and Celia Ward-Wallace
All Day Baby (Los Angeles, CA) - Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener
Beau Thai (Washington, DC) – Ralph Brabham
Feast (Tucson, AZ) – Douglas Levy
To learn more about the Sapphire Supports Restaurants Contest and to hear the stories behind the winning restaurants, please visit www.SapphireSupports Restaurants.com. For more ways to find and support the restaurants in your city, visit The Infatuation www.theinfatuation.com