Lunch You Can Feel Good About

It’s no surprise that we here at Vmeals are big proponents of online ordering, and normally I would be telling you that Vmeals is the only way to go. However, I have found another place that I really think you ought to try: the Gulf Café.

The Gulf Café isn’t just any old restaurant website where you can order food online for delivery or pick up. The Gulf Café is a virtual café highlighting the best of pretend seafood.

According to their website, nearly a third of America’s seafood comes from Louisiana, and we all know the devastation that the oil spill has visited upon that region. It is an epic ecological, environmental, and economic disaster that Louisiana families can scarcely bear.

The Gulf Café has cleverly found a way to highlight the problem, celebrate the food, and provide a way for us to help. Go to their website, browse the menu, make your selections and pay. Your lunch tab then becomes a tax-deductible contribution to the Greater New Orleans Foundation, an organization that can mobilize help for affected families in the fishing industry.

Instead of lunch, you get that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from contributing something tangible to a community in need. (Of course, if after you visit the Gulf Café you’re still looking for that full belly feeling, you know where to go.)