October 28th, 2016 — One county restaurant and a seafood business are joining forces to cook up support for Hurricane Matthew flood victims in Lenoir and Greene counties.
Restaurant owners Jessica Murphy and chef Kevin Davis of La Perla Restaurant & Bar in Morehead City are encouraging other county restaurants to do the same.
From Sunday until Saturday, Nov. 5, the restaurant will serve fish stew, with proceeds going to the United Way in Lenoir and Greene counties for flood victims.
Blue Ocean Market in Morehead City is donating the fish to the restaurant to create the stew.
Ms. Murphy said Kinston chef Vivian Howard, star of PBS’s “A Chef’s Life,” is inviting chefs in the state to serve Eastern North Carolina fish stew during those days to raise money for Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts. Ms. Howard is the owner of Chef and the Farmer Restaurant in Kinston.
Ms. Murphy said Ms. Howard sent an email out to restaurant owners in the state inviting them to take part in the fundraising effort, and as soon as she saw it, she wanted to participate.