Help save the restaurants, bars and clubs that make your city, yours.

OUR LAST COURSE - Updated 7/12

The SaveTheEats initiative was launched on March 30th, 2020 with a mission to help drive revenue to restaurants during their COVID-19 closures.  (read the whole backstory here)

Spanning 100 days of operations, we have driven an estimated $2 Million in revenue to establishments spanning eight cities stemming from the original SavePhillyEats site. As of July 12th, many of the restaurants in our markets have reopened or shifted to a takeout model so we have decided to sunset our daily operations. We know the restaurant industry isn’t out of the woods yet, but we’re all going to continue to lend our hands in different ways. We hope everyone else does too.

We’re very proud of what we accomplished in such a short period of time and we’re appreciative of all the patrons and food-fans who opened their hearts and wallets to help their favorite establishments generate revenue in this truly uncertain time.

We’d like to specifically thank the many chefs, restaurateurs and hospitality industry folks who helped us connect with other influential people and businesses in the space during their own time of need. Chef / Restauranteurs Marc Vetri, Jen Carroll, Jeff Benjamin and Billy Riddle get special thanks for being amazing champions of this effort.

We’d also like to thank our key service partners (Grimm & Grove Communications, Thrive Commerce, PHL Branding, Seer Interactive), contractors and the greater business community that offered their time, talent or products for free or at a reduced rate. They were much needed leverage to get this project off the ground and in front of customers quickly and cost efficiently.

Lastly, this initiative could never have had its national reach and expanded impact without the dedication and time of our city leaders and team members who volunteered to do something selfless during others’ time of need.  They are as follows:

SaveTheEats & SavePhillyEats 

Anthony Bucci & David Bookspan (Founders)

Melissa Grimm (Chief Marketing)

BK Kothari (Manager), Alisha Miranda, Jesse Bookspan (Philly Ops)

Edward Kim, Chris Sandman, Chris Cashdollar (Design & Dev)

Jackie Frieberg (Social), Chrissy Starkweather (Digital Marketing)

Dustin Carpio (Video)

Phil Edelstein (Brand)

SaveATXEats 

Brauck Cullen & Allison Williams (Co-Leads), Chelsea McCullough

SaveCharmCityEats Team

Chris Brown (Lead), Amanda Garbart, Kaitlyn McNerney

SaveChicagoEats

Victoria Li (Lead), Jessie Hibel

SaveDCEats

Chef Chris Morgan (Lead), Brigitte Anders-Kraus, Judith Rontal

SaveLAEats

Shennel Fuller (Lead), Charlotte Jackson, Tiffany Li

SaveNYCEats

Rob Edell, Stephanie Goldstein (Co-Leads), Stephane Dorian

SaveTwinCitiesEats

Vasiliki Papanikolopolous (Lead)