Piola Sets Roots In The City
April 19 – 23, 2011, 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Piola Restaurants on Miami Beach, Brickell, and Hallandale Beach
Brickell, 1250 S. Miami Ave. (33131)
Miami Beach, 1625 Alton Road (33139)
Hallandale Beach, 1703 East Hallandale Beach Blvd. (33009)
Piola will unveil a locally inspired Earth Day menu at its restaurants in Brickell, Miami Beach and Hallandale Beach April 19 – 23 to showcase the produce from the Roots In The City Overtown community garden.
Ten percent of Piola’s Earth Day proceeds will benefit Roots In the City, which provides affordable fresh produce to low-income families, public school students, community agencies and homeless shelters in Miami-Dade County.
Apart from the Earth Day menu, Piola’s five-day celebration will include the following at all three Pioloa South Florida locations:
• Roots In The City farmer’s market
• Roots In The City vegetable exhibit
• All Piola customers will receive a bag of seeds (including planting instructions) from the Roots In the City garden at the corner of Northwest Third Avenue and Northwest 10th Street.
• Members of the Piola staff will pick some vegetables to be featured on the restaurant’s Earth Day menu.
Piola – Roots In The City Earth Day Menu
• Pizza Miami Gardens – Mozzarella, tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, scallions and fresh oregano
• Pizza Coral Gables – Mozzarella, tomato sauce, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and fresh oregano
• Pizza Homestead – Mozzarella, ricotta, sage, radishes, and rosemary
• Pizza Hallandale – Mozzarella, kale, organic eggs and cherry tomatoes
• Insalata Coconut Grove – Kale, organic eggs, radishes, and smoked salmon
• Insalata Key Biscayne – Mixed greens, scallions, heirloom tomatoes, fresh tuna and fresh oregano
• Penne Virginia Key – Whole wheat penne pasta with extra virgin olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes and basil
• Gnocchi Overtown – Organic La Chipper potatoes, kale, butter, sage and arugula
• Gelato Cutler Bay – Vanilla ice cream, papaya and mulberries
This event is being held simultaneously in three locations.
