A Fort Worth diner turned a Facebook hack into a unique opportunity, hosting a one-night-only fancy dinner featuring recipes from the hacker. Proceeds from the event benefited a local charity.
When a business is hacked, it usually spells trouble. But for a Fort Worth diner, it turned into something good, all thanks to a one-night-only fancy dinner. 'The fancy dinner, f-a-i-n-c-y,' said Gigi Howell, operating partner at Westland Restaurant Group whose portfolio includes West Side Cafe. 'We had a great Facebook page, and it got hacked.
The person who hacked us was kind somehow and posted all these incredible recipes and people were like, 'Hey, we're coming in to get the baked apple or whatever the case was,' and we're like, you know, we're really sorry we don't really serve that here,' Howell said. But then an idea struck. Why not use the hacker's recipes, serve them at a special dinner event, and give a portion of the proceeds to charity? Howell called on Juan Rodriguez of Magadelena's to lead the team in the kitchen. He tweaked the hacker's recipes and laid out a three-course menu: baked apples with blue cheese and cranberries, a tenderloin and salmon combo with roasted potatoes and fried Brussels sprouts with a lemon poppy seed pudding cake.
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