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Food fight.


It doesn't sound right--fighting hunger by eating out more.

But that's what restaurant-goers will be asked to do next month, when the third annual L.A. Dine Out Verb 1. dine out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home
eat out

eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
 program gets under way.

From Aug. 16 to 29, more than 50 local restaurants, including Valentino, Eurochow, Vert and Michael's will offer three-course meals at fixed-price discounts to raise money for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  chapter of Share Our Strength, a nationwide anti-hunger organization.

Nestle Waters North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  will donate $1 for every meal served and give diners Diners can mean:
  • Diners Club International, a credit card company
  • plural of "diner", see Diner (disambiguation)
 a complimentary bottle of S. Pellegrino sparkling water.

Last year, the program raised nearly $6,500 and this year the goal is at least $10,000. The money will help feed an estimated 777,000 Los Angeles residents who have been identified as hungry or "food insecure" by a California Food Policy Advocates report.

"I think it's a fantastic program," said Mary Sue This article is about the concept in modern literary criticism. For either part of the given name or real or fictional people named as such, see Mary and Sue.

Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue
 Milliken, chef and co-owner of participating Border Grill and Ciudad. "It's a really committed group of chefs, and who cares more about people eating than people who cook all day?"
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Title Annotation:The LABJ's L.A. Stories
Author:Holmes, Kim
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 19, 2004
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