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Beginning next week, fourteen downtown South Bend restaurants will participate in a two-week special many have come to know as Restaurant Week.
In its 10th year, Restaurant Week was created by the Downtown Dining Association and Downtown South Bend, Inc. as a way for restaurants to collaborate with one another and to entice customers to come to downtown South Bend and try locally-owned restaurants that they normally would not. The hope, then, is to create an impression with guests that will bring them back often. Restaurants create specialty menus for the event that are priced at $11, $22 or $33.
SOUTH BEND â Render Meat & Potatoes has partnered with United Beverage and Stanz Foodservice in an effort to feed frontline workers.
Render co-owner Hilary Maich said the idea came when she noticed her business received helped from government loans, loyal customers and family during the pandemic and she wanted to do her part.
â(The business is) going in the right direction, so why not do something positive for others?â Maich said. âA lot of people have looked out for me at this time and I feel bad because we havenât been helping anyone, and we can.â
Beginning next week, Render employees will cook and donate 50 homemade meals every Tuesday and Wednesday to frontline workers and volunteers assisting at the vaccination site at Hedwig Memorial Center, 331 S. Scott St. in South Bend. Maich anticipates she will continue the donation for four weeks, but there is a chance it could be extended depending on logistics and donations.
When preparing to open a second location, Clara Miller was surprised at just how much ice cream she needed to make.
âIâve made ice cream almost every day last week,â Miller said. âOn Saturday, I made ice cream for 12 hours and itâs like it didnât even put a dent in it. ⦠Thereâs no end to it.â
As daunting as it may sound, Miller said, itâs a good thing and necessary in being ready for whatâs to come. She, along with daughter and co-owner Krista Berkey, will open Vanilla Bean Creamery in its Granger location this Saturday.