Write a commentCanale’s Restaurant will be providing the next Salvation Army Guest Chef dinner this year on Tuesday, May 2, 4:30 to 6:00 or until sold out.
They will be serving rigatoni and meatballs, tossed salad with their house Italian dressing, and Italian bread and butter. Desserts and beverages will be provided by members of the Advisory Board. The dinner will be at the Salvation Army Worship and Service Center, 73 West Second Street, in Oswego. There is ample parking and the building is fully accessible. Masks are optional.
A discounted sheet of six tickets for the price of five will be available. The tickets may be purchased at any dinner and used in any combination at any of this year’s remaining five dinners.
Canale’s Restaurant has been operated in Oswego by the family since 1954, using recipes that originated four generations ago with Anna Canale in Morolo, Italy. They offer homemade authentic Italian cuisine, served in a traditional family dining atmosphere. Many of their specialties are also available in food stores and for sale at their restaurant and take-out shop at 156 West Utica Street in Oswego.
Future Guest Chef Dinners this season will be provided by La Parrilla on the Water on June 27, Zonta Club of Oswego on September 12, Press Box on October 3, and Vona’s Restaurant on November 7. The food is donated, so all receipts go to the work of the Army.
The Guest Chef Dinners have been held six times each year for the past 16 years, except for 2020. Although early records are incomplete, 8,195 meals are known to have been served and more than $101,473 raised. The dinners are organized by the Salvation Army Corps Advisory Board and offered to the community to raise funds for fresh-cooked meals five days each week in both Fulton and Oswego, groceries from its food pantries, winter garments, and many other services to individuals and families in need throughout Oswego County.
In March, the Corps provided 688 soup kitchen meals in Oswego and 400 in Fulton. It provided 67 Oswego households with groceries for 2,412 meals and 101 Fulton households with groceries for 2,340 meals. It also distributed over 1,000 loaves of bread and pastries. Thirty-six households purchased low-cost foods through the Food Sense program of the Food Bank of Central New York.
Persons wishing to know more about The Salvation Army or to offer voluntary service are invited to call 315-343-6491 or stop at the office at 73 West Second Street in Oswego, between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
