Family fun day at Frankie & Benny's (From Runcorn and Widnes World)
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Children treated to free meal to celebrate restaurant's first birthday
6:40pm Wednesday 17th October 2012 in News By Barbara Jordan
Susanna Petersburska
A WIDNES restaurant is celebrating its first birthday by treating youngsters to a free meal.
A family fun day is being held at Frankie & Benny’s at The Hive leisure park in Earle Road on Saturday, October 20.
A face painter and balloon modeller will be there from 1pm to 5pm.
Children can eat free all day if they their parents purchase a meal from the main menu.
The restaurant’s 32 staff have achieved much success during their first year.
They helped to raise more than £180,000 to enable five-year-old cerebral palsy victim, Susanna Petersburska, to fly to America for pioneering surgery to learn to walk. Her dad, Andy, 36, is a waiter at the restaurant.
Employee Samantha Elwell won the leisure and hospitality award at Halton’s Business and Tourism Awards.
Twenty schools learnt how to make Italian food at pizza masterclasses.