This Father’s Day a number of our Breaking Bread partners across the country are offering you plenty of ways to show your appreciation for your ‘Big Papi’.

If you’ve got some unique ways to honour Dads this Father’s Day, we’d love to hear them and help get the word out! Send us an email at hello@breakingbreadnow.com or slide into our DMs!

Hot tip: you can search restaurants around the country that are showcasing Father’s Day specials by using ‘Father’s Day’ in the search bar of our website!

When the pandemic hit, Houston Chef and Restaurateur Hugo Ortega didn’t know what was going to happen with the small company he started 37 years ago that counted 400 employees in its ranks.

He responded by awaiting the go-ahead from the Texas state governor that declared his company an essential business and pivoted to set up small farmers’ markets inside each of his Houston restaurants that sold goods from local business partners and created to-go meals for grocery stores.

“We feel a sense of gratitude for the employees who have worked so hard during this two-month period,” Ortega told bonappetit.com after reopening the dining room of Hugo’s in mid-May. “…the managers washing dishes and servers mopping floors. Everyone in the restaurant feels this uneasiness, like you can’t let your guard down. But I think the reason people are coming to our restaurant is that they trust us.”

If you haven’t firmed up plans to show your love to the special Dads in your lives, a friendly reminder that our website lets you search small and independent businesses across the country that are offering Father’s Day features, just like Toronto’s Campo Restaurant, which is whipping up a special Italian-inspired lunch for two.

Chefs and restaurateurs, if you’ve got a special Father’s Day feature you’d like to shout out, send us an email at hello@breakingbreadnow.com or slide into our DMs so we can help get the word out!