Restaurants give part of today’s take to victims

Herald staff

EVERETT — Don’t feel like cooking? Then dine out tonight with a clear and free conscience in the knowledge that you’re helping victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Several area restaurants have joined the worldwide Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund and are marking the one-month anniversary of the attacks by donating at least 10 percent of today’s proceeds to the families of culinary workers killed or lost in the World Trade Center.

"Since we’re in the business and we have a professional connection with these people, even though we don’t know any of them, we just wanted to help the people in our own trade," said Sparta’s Pizza and Spaghetti House owner Stan Geddes. "Restaurant workers don’t have the financial backing of big corporations, so they’re probably not getting much help."

Geddes, who owns Spartas restaurants in Lynnwood and Bothell, said he plans to give a quarter of the gross revenues, not just profits, for the entire day’s worth of takeout and dine-in orders.

A list of participating restaurants is available on the Web at www.windowsofhope.org, but organizers say it’s not final.

"If there’s a restaurant you want to go to and it’s not on the list, you can print out a form from the Web site and take it in to them," said David Dobos, a volunteer at Windows of Hope in New York.

Other local restaurants planning to participate include the Fifth Avenue Grill House, Angie’s, Provinces, Claire’s Pantry, Girardi’s, Chanterelle’s, Portofino’s Pizza and Pasta, Girasol Mexican Restaurant, Las Brisas Mexican Restaurant, Toshi’s Teriyaki, Waterfront Coffee Co., Cafe de Paris, Edmonds Bakery, Billy’s Cubby Hole, Ciao Italia Pizzeria, Rory’s of Edmonds, and Sahib Cuisine of India.

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