Dine Out for the Cure: Eating well for a good cause

More than 50 eateries, from The Crack Shack to The Broken Yolk, Lobster West, to Hob Nob Hill and Gossip Grill, will donate proceeds to Komen San Diego for the 7th Annual Dine Out for the Cure in support of breast cancer patients and research

San Diego Union-Tribune

Oct. 15, 2019 7 AM PT

More than 50 restaurants, bakeries and coffeehouses from Carlsbad to Jamul, downtown San Diego to La Mesa, Ramona and North Park are offering customers a way to support breast cancer patients and research by participating in the 7th Annual Dine Out for the Cure.

The eateries will donate a portion of their sales on that day to Komen San Diego, which hopes to raise $35,000. The funds will go toward providing free mammograms and financial assistance, among other programs.

A record number of places have joined the 2019 fundraiser, including The Crack Shack in Encinitas, 15 locations of The Broken Yolk, Hob Nob Hill in Bankers Hill, Bistro on Main Street in Vista, and Sahara Taste of the Middle East in Rancho San Diego.

Dine Out for the Cure: Thursday, Oct. 17. Various participating eateries across San Diego County will donate proceeds of their sales, ranging from 10 percent to 25 percent. komensandiego.org/dine-out-restaurants-2019

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Michele Parente

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women’s issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life’s goals is to make her way through each of the world’s great wine regions.