We love to Pay it Forward here at T-BONES, Cactus Jacks, and Copper Door and Random Acts of Kindness have always been part of our company's culture. In 2015 we decided to bring our love of these random acts up another notch…and have been surprising guests with free desserts, free appetizers, free meals and other cool surprises at all our locations almost daily! It does not stop there; each recipient is then given a $25 Pay It Forward dining certificate to present to a random person to keep the momentum going. We love doing this so much that we’ve dedicated an entire website to the stories and memories we’ve created and are creating everyday…Enjoy!
Tonight’s CoDo RAK goes to the Saluto family, joining us for a late evening dinner. We have a few sets of Fisher Cats tickets and I thought this family would enjoy going to a game. That sure turned out to be a true statement! I told them about the Pay it Forward part, and both young men chimed in that they wanted to do it. No fighting, boys!
– Matthew Phipps
These are the Griffin brothers. They come in regularly especially to visit Jess B. They eat gluten friendly because of celiac disease and it’s not unusual to hear “the Griffins are here” in the kitchen to get their meals started. Knowing they would love to Pay it Forward, I felt they were the perfect recipients today 🙂
– Lisa Schoneberger
In honor of the Holiday weekend, I want to give the RAK to the first person that was either in the Military or was at one point. We had a party of 9 and one of the gentleman is a VET. I picked up his food and bought a couple of dessert for the table. They were so moved and honored to be apart of this promotion.
– Rheanna Cook
CJ’s Sunday RAK went to a family of 4 that are in regularly before Monarchs games and today decided to sit in the lounge. I have seen them in here a bunch of times but never formally met them. I went over and introduced myself and told them about our promotion. They were floored that we chose them today and the kids are more than excited to Pay it Forward. I can’t wait to ask them how they gave away their certificate.
– Josh Bruno
This afternoons RAK in Hudson was for Patty & her husband who just came home from having open heart surgery. Patty was picking up lunch at T-BONES because we are her husbands favorite restaurant and this is the first meal he wanted after just getting home today 🙂 She and our hostess Claudette were in tears talking about his journey and what his recovery will be like for the next 16 weeks. Once I started to hear this story, I began talking to them to learn more myself… Patty was the perfect pick for my RAK. She was so genuine, caring, and loving of her husband and definitely deserved a little pick me up. She was blown away when she found out the good news and she said after everything they have been through it is so nice to have something good happen to them. She is more than happy to be able to do the same thing for someone else 🙂
– Meaghan Corriveau
Today I had a bartender from restaurant down the street come in with some friends and family. I chose her to RAK today because I know she comes in contact with a lot of people who I’m sure could use a RAK themselves.
– Rheanna Cook
Tonight RAK went to Loraine and Dave ….. Couple of our favorites. I chose them tonight cause she was just having one of those days and her dinner came out wrong and when she pulled up her calendar app her phone shut off and she lost it. Michelle and I decide to make her day a little happier and bought her dinner and app. She was so surprised (I got a hug, love it) and she can’t wait to make someone else’s day happier!
– Rheanna Cook
Our RAK went to Dee tonight! She saw an elderly man come into the lounge and she quickly offered him her own seat so he wouldn’t have to wait. She was so surprised and pleased to do something nice for someone else.
– Kayla Dowgiert
I wanted to do it for a veteran today as a thank you for your service and a lovely older couple came in. When I told them they were so excited (she was getting goose bumps). They fly out to Memphis tomorrow morning to “find Elvis” so they said they will jump on giving out the certificate tonight. Good start to their vacation 🙂
– Beth O’Reilly
Tonight at CJ’s we celebrated a 21st birthday for Sam (on the right) I bought his meal and apps for the table and his first “legal” drink. He and his parents and buddies were blown away by our promo. They all shook my hand when they left and I know we left a lasting impact on them!
– Josh Bruno