Random Acts of Kindness

RAK tonight went to Jasper and Mike, a couple of Golden State fans (random in NH) who were hoping to watch them beat the Rockets tonight, but luck wasn’t on their side. Made their day a little better with a gift card for the next game, and they were happy to pay the good will forward.

– Mike Columbare

RAK tonight went to a young couple who came in to eat with their little girl after the fireworks. A few minutes after ordering they asked for it to go because there little girl fell asleep on her slice of bread. I bought their dinner, and explained when they asked why. They were very happy and are looking forward to Paying it Forward.

– Mike Columbare

My RAK today went to some amazing guests.  They asked their server to send them the entire bill for their neighboring table because the husband is a veteran.  Their server let me know of their generosity and so I hit them with some of our own.  I told them how impressed I was that they were picking up the tab for the next table over and explained that I would be taking care of their meals in return.  So happy and surprised that we are doing such an amazing promotion!

– Lori Haney

There was a couple on the deck tonight, they just purchased a house on the lake. They were very excited when I chose them for our RAK tonight. They already loved us but were very happy that we take care of our patrons. They moved from Mass to what they were hoping would be a more mellow and relaxed environment, and they found it on our deck.

– Jocelyn Cole

My Random Act of Kindness today went to Bryant, a loyal regular who has been dining with us since day 1! I chose Bryant to not only say thank you for being so good to us, but to also wish him a Happy Memorial Day. He was thrilled!!

– Nicole Ward

Today in Derry, we had a rock solid lunch. so I did not get to my RAK until later in the afternoon. I chose a party of 5 at random. I have been picking a lot of parties of 2, so today, I thought that I would step it up. Every one at the table was very impressed with the promo, and very glad to have been chosen, and happy to get the chance to Pay It Forward.

– Andre Ward

CJ’s RAK today was completely random. I had never seen these guests before so I decided to stop by and introduce myself. They were very pleased with their lunches and when we got to chatting, I explained the promo to them and I chose them to buy lunch for today. They were floored and told me that they just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary Saturday. Guess it wasn’t so random after all!

– Josh Bruno

Something unusual happened at the CoDo tonight on our terrace. It was brought to my attention that a dog had suddenly appeared and was scrounging around the tables. She had no collar and seemed a little on the skinny side: We thought she may be a stray. That’s when Mia and Jason, 2 guests who were sitting outside, both got up from their table and made their way over to where I had the dog. Mia offered to put the pooch in her car while we worked on a decision on what to do. One of our servers had a leash in her vehicle and after we were able to secure the dog, Mia asked if it would be alright if she could keep it by her table while they dined so it wouldn’t get lonely.

We did a bit of detective work and were able to figure out that our stray was actually an escapee from a vehicle parked in our lot. We found the rightful owners in the dining room, reunited them with “Shay”, and settled back into the evening.

Because Mia and Jason took about a second to help and because of their kind offers, I hooked them up with dinner as I explained our RAK. Come to find out it was their last dinner in NH because they are moving to Houston tomorrow. Realizing that they wouldn’t be able to give out our Pay it Forward certificate, I instead gave them a $25 Visa gift card with the same conditions, that they had to give it away randomly and explain why to that person. I trust in them and have no doubt that’s what they will do.

– Matthew Phipps