Recession Busters: Free burritos and $5 lunches
Monday brings two new recession-friendly items to Daily Dish HQ:
Echo Park's cozy neighborhood favorite the Park is celebrating it's first anniversary by serving $5 lunches from Tuesday the 17th through Friday the 20th. That means any sandwich and regular side from the restaurant's recently launched lunch menu. Chef Joshua Siegel's low-key restaurant is also launching $5-burger Wednesdays, beginning this week, when ground beef or veggie burgers go for a Lincoln.
The Park, 1400 Sunset Blvd., L.A. (213) 482-9209. www.thepark1400sunset.com.
The Mexican chain Chipotle celebrates the opening of its new Westlake Village location by rolling free burritos from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. for all comers on Thursday the 19th. We can only imagine that lines will form for this one. But if you've got some time, there's really no arguing with a free burrito. Perhaps Chipotle was inspired to this act of media-savvy largess by the smashing success of Denny's, which gave away nearly 2 million free Grand Slam breakfasts shortly after the Super Bowl.
Chipotle, 5754 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. (818) 597-1603. www.chipotle.com.
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— Jessica Gelt
Photo: The patio at the Park Credit: Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times
Great way to promote their biz hopefully. More & more places are doing these kind of promos.
Worst promo thus far was Quiznos - apparently many independent Quizno shops did not honor corporates wishes to give away free sandwiches. Can't blame the shops really, times are tough and yet they're supposed to give away food.
Posted by: Keith | March 16, 2009 at 06:09 PM