Graze Food Hall by Travail to Host MN Bars Bake Sale March 21

Over 40 Home Bakers - All Proceeds Donated To The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund To Help Local Restaurants

 

Graze Food Hall by Travail is hosting MN Bars Bake Sale on Saturday, March 21, from 12pm to 2pm with a DJ playing from 2pm to 4pm. Over 40 local home bakers are coming together to benefit The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund, which preserves the heart of Minnesota’s food culture and serves those who often serve us.

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“Building community is very important to us at Graze, and we are honored to help bring this event to life to help our restaurant community,” said Molly Herrmann, director of operations at Graze Food Hall by Travail.

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Each baker is bringing at least three dozen bars, and the event will feature celebrity bakers, such as Zoe Francois of Zoe Bakes, chef/TV host Andrew Zimmern, and singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith, making “Star Bars,” which will be sold separately in a pack of six.

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Guests are encouraged to pre-purchase tickets to guarantee bars don’t sell out. Tickets are just $4 and can be purchased online. A limited number of tickets will be available in person at the bake sale.

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“There is nothing more quintessentially Minnesotan than gathering a room full of bakers to help a neighbor,” said Zoe Francois, owner of Zoe Bakes. “We’re supporting the restaurant folks who nurture our community and need our love!”

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The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund is an act of preservation for the Minnesota restaurant community. Many small restaurants don’t have large enough platforms to ask for meaningful help, even though they have been directly and negatively impacted by actions this past winter. The Salt Cure Fund is a collective of local food advocates and industry professionals who have partnered with trusted community organizations, like The Minneapolis Foundation, to ensure that direct, critical aid gets into the right hands. Despite the fund recently hitting over one million dollars raised, applications for grants through the fund have already surpassed four million dollars, and time is running out to make an impact.

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“While raising a million bucks is a huge feat, the need far surpasses that,” said Stephanie March, co-founder of The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund. “In fact, we are currently working hard to distribute all the money we've collected quickly to help restaurants pay rent and payroll, so every dollar donated back stretches the mission to more restaurants.”

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