The Friendly Toast Offers Free Meals to Federal Employees

The Friendly Toast, a five-restaurant chain based in Portsmouth, N.H., is offering free meals to federal employees and a guest during the federal government shutdown....

Sally PollakJanuary 23, 2019November 13, 2023

A breakfast at the Friendly Toast Credit: Sally Pollak

The Friendly Toast, a five-restaurant chain based in Portsmouth, N.H., is offering free meals to federal employees and a guest during the federal government shutdown. The Burlington branch of the business, which opened last summer at 86 St. Paul Street, has served 50 to 60 meals to federal employees since the program launched on January 15, according to a company spokesperson.

The employee needs to show a federal work ID to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner with a guest. Alcohol and appetizers are not included in the offer.

This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2019.

Sally Pollak

Sally Pollak was a staff writer at Seven Days from 2017 until she retired in summer 2023. She started as a Food contributor before transitioning to the Arts & Culture team. Her first newspaper job was compiling horse racing results at the Philadelphia... More by Sally Pollak