Restaurant News for January 31

Chipotle Big Game Specials

You've gotta love Chipotle Mexican Grill's irreverent style. Instead of spending millions on a Super Bowl commercial, the Mexican restaurant chain is offering burritos for half price on Sunday as part of its “Super Big Internationally Televised Professional Football Bowl Game Half Price Party in a Box.”

Yeah, it's a mouthful, but Chipotle is “end-running the advertising hoopla that has become such a big part of pro football's biggest game,” according to a news release. It will use social media, its website and in-store posters to allude to the big game without naming it.

The deal is, order six or more burritos on Sunday, and you'll get them half-price. Log on to www.Chipotle.com and download a Burritos by the Box order form from the nearest Chipotle location. The order form allows customers to identify how many chicken, steak, carnitas, barbacoa or vegetarian burritos they would like to order. The burritos come packed in a box with handles for easy transportation, along with sides of sour cream, chips, medium tomatillo-green chili salsa and freshly made guacamole.

The offer is only available Sunday on orders of six or more burritos. For orders of 50 or more burritos, allow 24-hours' notice to pick up. The maximum order is 100 burritos.

In Fort Wayne, Chipotle is at 4210 W. Jefferson Blvd. in Jefferson Pointe and at 910 Coliseum Blvd. E.

Super specials

Waynedale Bakery, 2610 Lower Huntington Road, has Super Bowl specials now through Saturday: cheddar ranch cheese balls, $5 each; cocktail buns, $2.75 a dozen; iced sugar cookies with team logos, $1 each; round cookies in color of team, $8 a dozen; football-shaped cookies, $6 a dozen; football-shaped cakes $20 for one-quarter sheet, $40 for one-half sheet, iced in chocolate, decorated for the Super Bowl. Call 747-2992 to place an order.

Fundraiser

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana is planning its ninth annual Design on Life event. With a theme of “Journey Around the World,” guests will sample international cuisine and bid on auction items including vacation packages to New York, Hawaii and Chicago.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Ceruti's Summit Park, 6601 Innovation Blvd. Proceeds will benefit programs supporting individuals with cancer and their families in our community.

For tickets, call Amber Recker at 484-9560 or arecker@cancer-services.org. Or buy online at www.cancer-services.org. Cost is $50 per ticket when bought before Sunday; after Sunday they'll be $75.

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