TurfPublicists: TRAVERS 1864 RESTAURANT WEEK, AUGUST 22-26

Monday, August 9, 2010

Contact: Dan Silver

Mark Bardack or Caitlin Merrill

mbardack@edlewi.com or cmerrill@edlewi.com

INAUGURAL TRAVERS 1864 RESTAURANT WEEK CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF SARATOGA’S SIGNATURE RACE

Dozens of Capital Region restaurants to offer special $18.64 menu August 22-26

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Nearly 40 area restaurants and eateries will offer special pricing and menus in celebration of the Travers Stakes through participation in the first-ever “Travers 1864 Restaurant Week” from Sunday, August 22 through Thursday, August 26.

During the five-day event, diners have the opportunity to indulge in a three-course meal at a number of participating Capital Region restaurants for the prix-fixe cost of $18.64, the year of the inaugural running of the Travers, the oldest major stakes race in the country for 3-year-olds.

The area-wide epicurean offering will take place in the days leading up to the 141^st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, August 28 at Saratoga Race Course.

“Travers 1864 is one element of a community-wide celebration in honor of our biggest and most historic race,” said Neema Ghazi, director of marketing for The New York Racing Association. “We’d like to encourage all of our fans to take part in the many festivities that help to make the Travers Stakes the social and sporting event of the season.”

The current list of confirmed, participating restaurants from throughout the Capital Region includes:

· Albany Pump Station/C. H. Evans Brewing Company, Albany

· Angelo’s Tavolo, Schenectady

· Aperitivo Bistro, Schenectady

· Arizona Pizza Company, Clifton Park

· Athos Restaurant, Albany

· Bangkok Bistro, Schenectady

· Brown Derby, Albany

· Buca Di Beppo, Colonie

· Café NOLA, Schenectady

· Carrabba's Italian Grill, Latham

· Cornell’s Restaurant, Schenectady

· Faldoni's Delicatessen and Catering Company, Mechanicville

· Giffy's BBQ, Clifton Park

· Indulge Restaurant, Watervliet

· Katie O’Byrne’s, Schenectady

· Katrinella’s, Albany

· Londonderry Café, Albany

· Mallozzi Family Italian Club Restaurant, Albany

· Manhattan Exchange, Schenectady

· Milano, Latham

· Paolo Lombardi's Ristorante, Troy

· Pinhead Susan’s, Schenectady

· Provence, Albany

· Salty's Pub and Grill, Halfmoon

· Samuel’s at the Holiday Inn, Schenectady

· Tesoro, Guilderland

· The Alto Grille at The Parker Inn, Schenectady

· The Stockade Inn, Schenectady

· The Van Dyck Restaurant, Schenectady

· The Vista at Van Patten Golf Course, Clifton Park

· The Waters Edge Lighthouse, Schenectady

· Two Brothers Italian American Restaurant, Troy

· V & R, Albany

· Village Pizzeria & Ristorante, Middle Grove

· Wolf's 1-11 Restaurant and Games, Colonie

· Yoshi Sushi, Latham

· Zaika, Clifton Park

$18.64 price may not include tax, gratuity and beverage.

For more information on Travers 1864 Restaurant Week, a complete list of participating restaurants, and to view the prix-fixe menus, please visit http://www.nyra.com/Saratoga/RestaurantWeek.shtml.

The Travers Stakes was first run in 1864 in Saratoga. Its inaugural winner, Kentucky, was owned by one of Saratoga Race Course’s founders and its first president, William R. Travers, for whom the race was named.

Gates open at 7 a.m. on Travers Day with a special first post time of 11:35 a.m.

The Travers day undercard will include the Grade 1, $250,000 King’s Bishop for three-year-old sprinters at seven furlongs; the Grade 1, $250,000 Ballerina for fillies and mares at seven furlongs; the Grade 2, $200,000 Ballston Spa for fillies and mares at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf; and the Grade 3, $100,000 Victory Ride for three-year-old fillies at six furlongs.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION; CONTACT:

Mark Bardack or Caitlin Merrill

Ed Lewi Associates • 6 Chelsea Place • Clifton Park; NY 12065

ELA Main Office: (518) 383-6183 • FAX (518) 383-6755 (Mon. – Fri.; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Saratoga Race Course Office: (518) 584-6200; x 4233; or 4739 (Wed. – Mon.; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Weekend Numbers: M. Bardack Cell (518) 867-7943; or C. Merrill Cell (518) 867-2440