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Event Sun Aug 22 2010
BLT Bonanza: Buy a Sandwich, Build a Garden
Chicago TomatoFest 2010 is in full swing, and starting tomorrow, BLTs will become philanthropic. The Old School BLT Bonanza is a sandwich-based fundraiser for PreSERVE, a collaboration between Slow Food Chicago, NeighborSpace, Chicago Honey Coop, and the North Lawndale Greening Committee that operates a community garden at 12th and Central Park. The once-vacant lot is now producing sweet potatoes, crowder peas and black-eyed peas; organizers are raising funds to purchase tools, build a storage shed, create informational signage, and erect low fences.
Dine at restaurants like Uncommon Ground, City Provisions, Custom House Tavern, and Osteria Via Stato, and order a BLT made with locally produced heirloom tomatoes and heritage pork. For each sandwich ordered, participating restaurants will donate 50 cents to the PreSERVE garden project. The fundraiser runs through September 19.