November 29, 2008
Turn to The Paper’s )0-*%":(*'5(6*%& on pages 6, 7 and 8 Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 834–9350 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/16 pages s Vol. 31, No. 47s Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 s FREE WITH CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, BOERUM HILL, FORT GREENE, CLINTON HILL, DUMBO, WILLIAMSBURG, GREENPOINT )&¤4(*7*/( Tempo to donate Sat. night checks to charity By Ben Muessig been coming from Manhattan twice a week to The Brooklyn Paper dine at Tempo. The nation’s financial behemoths and auto gi- Taylor’s non-profit will give out about $3 mil- ants reacted to the financial downturn by asking lion to 25,000 people this year for electric bills, for more money; Robert Amato of Park Slope’s mortgage payments, and other expenses, usually Tempo restaurant is asking for less. in increments of $1,000 or less. On Saturday nights in December, the Fifth Av- In addition to Tempo’s Mediterranean-influ- enue eatery will donate the entire value of its cus- enced dishes — try the raviolo made with ricotta, tomer checks to a charity that helps individuals on duck egg and truffle sauce or the bucatini with the brink of economic collapse. Sicilian pistachio nut pesto — diners at the char- That means that 100 percent of the $42 three- ity meal will also get hearty helpings of infor- course meal, plus any additional wine and booze mation about the people they will be helping. purchases, will go to the not-for-profit Modest Needs “People can know exactly how they rescued Foundation.
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