Restaurants Dim the Lights for Earth Hour

Earth Hour — a 60-minute period during which people across the globe are encouraged to dim their lights for climate change — is set to take place on March 27 at 8:30 p.m. Are you participating in Earth Hour this year, and are you doing anything special to acknowledge the event?

“Every year here at Eve we turn off the lights in the dining room for the 60 minutes of Earth Hour.”
—Troy Graves, Executive Chef of Eve"

"We will acknowledge Earth Hour on our menu with regards to energy savings and recycling.”
—Carrie Nahabedian, Executive Chef/Co-owner of NAHA

“We will 100 percent participate. We will shut off our outside lights and dim all the restaurants lights or shut the ones off that are not needed as well as office computers.”
—Tony Priolo, Executive Chef/Co-owner of Piccolo Sogno

“Yes, we will turn off the lights for that hour.”
—Al Tangora, General Manager of Vie

Other restaurants participating in Earth Hour include Bistro Bordeaux; the Evanston restaurant will turn off all electric lights and illuminate its dining room solely by candlelight for 60 minutes. Prairie Fire and Prairie Grass Cafe will both turn off their lights for Earth Hour.