About Us / Eat 'n Park History:

Eat 'n Park recently won the The Glynwood Harvest Award for Connecting Communities, Farmers and Food and it's easy to see why. \n \nFifty years ago, Eat 'n Park was the first drive-in restaurant with carhops in the Pittsburgh area. It has grown to become the leading full-service family restaurant chain in the Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio region, operating more than 75 restaurants with over 8,000 employees. In 2002 Eat 'n Park made the forward-thinking commitment to purchase at least 30 percent of their food from local farmers, grower's cooperatives and producers in season. \n\nIn order to accomplish this incredible goal, it created the FarmSource initiative to find and partner with the finest local growers and producers surrounding each restaurant location.\n \nEat'n Park is still working towards its goal, currently purchasing 20 percent of their food from local producers, including two specialty produce distributors and some 20 farms. Through its Green Initiatives and Green Standards initiatives, Eat'n Park encourages greater sustainability throughout its operations, including using their purchasing power to source produce from within 125 miles of the facility; purchasing dairy that is produced without the use of rBST, and purchasing meat from regional farms when available. It also partners with Seafood Watch to increase its use of sustainable seafood. \n\nEat'n Park educates their guests about their local food program through in-restaurant signage identifying their partner farms and their website lists "This week's local produce: Here's what fresh, local and delicious at Eat 'n Park this week."\n