Ninety Nine Restaurant Launches Dining for a Cause

Ninety Nine Restaurants in 11 communities to donate a portion of proceeds to local charitable organizations

Woburn, MA (May 6, 2009) — Ninety Nine Restaurants s today announces the launch of Dining for a Cause, which will allow guests to help a local charitable organization simply by dining at their local Ninety Nine Restaurants . As part of Dining for a Cause, the Ninety Nine will donate a portion of their proceeds (approximately 1%) from all sales to their chosen organization in support of their cause beginning on May 18th through June 18th, 2009.

The participating restaurants and their chosen organization that will benefit from Dining for a Cause are as follows:

NINETY NINE RESTAURANT	CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
Saratoga, NY 3073 Route 50, Wilton Mall Saratoga Springs, NY 12866	Wilton Youth Baseball
Cranston, RI 1171 New London Avenue (Rte. 5) Cranston, RI 02920	Cranston West Little League Baseball
Glastonbury, CT 3025 Main Street Glastonbury, CT 06033	Glastonbury Little League Baseball
Orange, CT 377 Boston Post Road, Route 1 Orange, CT 06477	Orange Little League Baseball
Salem, MA 15 Bridge Street Salem, MA 01970	North Shore Medical Center - Cancer Walk
Canton, MA 362 Turnpike Street (Rte. 138) Canton, MA 02021	Canton School Department’s Libraries and Technologies Fund
Taunton, MA 158 Dean Street (Rte. 44 & 104) Taunton, MA 02780	Taunton Little League Baseball East and West
Weymouth, MA 1094 Main Street (Rte. 18) Weymouth, MA 02188	American Cancer Society Relay For Life
Rockland, MA 2 Accord Park (Rte. 228) Rockland, MA 02370	Rockland Public Schools
Easton, MA 99 Belmont Street Easton, MA 02334	Homes for Our Troops
East Springfield, MA 1655 Boston Road (Eastfield Mall) Springfield, MA 01129	Local Little League Baseball

As part of Dining for a Cause, every guest who purchases an adult entrée between May 18th and June 18th will receive an Instant Win scratch card. Each of the 11 participating restaurants will award a Grand Prize, 1st prize and 2nd prize to three lucky winners. The prizes are as follows:

• Grand Prize – a $999 Amex cash card
• 1st Prize – nine (9) $99 Ninety Nine Restaurants gift cards
• $5 Coupons – ninety nine (99) Ninety Nine Restaurants $5 coupons

“In addition to providing great food and great drink at a terrific price, the Ninety Nine also prides itself on being an active member of the local community,” said John Grady, president of Ninety Nine Restaurants s. “Dining for a Cause is our latest initiative to continue our ‘Passion to Serve.’ We are hopeful that our valued guests will embrace this program, visit our restaurants and, ultimately, help the community in which they live or work.”

All participating restaurants will hold their Dining for a Cause donation event on the evening of Thursday, June 18th from 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. The 11 events will include a check presentation of the donation to the leader/representative of the chosen organization, a drawing of raffle prizes and awards for those Ninety Nine team members who have passionately been involved in their restaurant’s cause.

About the Ninety Nine Restaurants

With more than 20 million guests served each year, the Ninety Nine is a friendly, comfortable place to gather and enjoy great American food and drink at a terrific price. Known for their signature hand-breaded Boneless Buffalo Wings, smothered with the Ninety Nine’s own special sauce, and Broiled Sirloin Tips in a special marinade, the Ninety Nine menu has something for everyone and offers a wide selection of appetizers, entrees, delicious desserts and signature cocktails.

Owned by O’Charley’s Inc., the Ninety Nine Restaurants is New England’s first locally-based casual restaurant chain, established in 1952 at 99 State Street in Boston. Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Ninety Nine Restaurants currently operates 116 restaurants throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania and now New Jersey, and employs over 7,000 team members. For more information, please visit www.99restaurants.com.