Babbo Italian Eatery is hosting its third annual Baseball for Babbo Day of Giving event on Feb. 29. All eight Valley Babbo Italian Eatery locations will donate 100% of profits made that day to the Seena Magowitz Foundation, to fund pancreatic cancer research at HonorHealth Research Institute.
There will be an opportunity to further support by purchasing raffle tickets to win one-of-a-kind memorabilia, including baseballs, bats, photos and artwork by MLB legends, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Donations to the Seena Magowitz Foundation can also be made by visiting Babbo’s donation page. For more information visit https://babboitalian.com/
There will be an opportunity to further support by purchasing raffle tickets to win one-of-a-kind memorabilia, including baseballs, bats, photos and artwork by MLB legends, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Donations to the Seena Magowitz Foundation can also be made by visiting Babbo’s donation page. For more information visit https://babboitalian.com/
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00:00 - Babel Italian Eatery is in the swing of giving back to the community with their third
00:06 annual Baseball for Babel Day of Giving event.
00:09 And joining us here on the mix is Taylor to tell us how you can win some cool baseball
00:14 equipment and help fight cancer and enjoy some great food too.
00:18 So Lexi's been there, I've not been there.
00:21 And for those people out there, tell us a little about Babel.
00:23 - Yeah, we've been in the Valley for over 20 years.
00:26 We've eight locations, we're in every neck of the neighborhood.
00:30 We've got one centrally located in Phoenix, the East Valley, Goodyear, Surprise, Cave
00:37 Creek, so there's one in every corner.
00:39 - I like that.
00:40 And with this give back, all of them are doing something, right?
00:43 To help out?
00:44 - Yes.
00:45 - Which is important here.
00:46 And it's about memorabilia and also food that we have going on.
00:49 So let's first talk about the memorabilia, 'cause that's what we have out here.
00:51 'Cause this is like true memorabilia here.
00:53 We're talking Mickey Mantle baseballs, we're talking Hank Aaron, we're talking Babe Ruth,
00:59 we're talking a lot of stuff out here that you have going on.
01:01 - Yes, so we're doing our Day of Giving to help fund pancreatic cancer research.
01:07 One of the things that we're doing is a raffle and silent auction for this baseball memorabilia.
01:12 So we have some really cool items, we have signed Mickey Mantle baseball, Mickey Mantle
01:16 photo, Hank Aaron signed bat, and just some really, really cool items for collectors.
01:22 And you can buy tickets right now or bid for the silent auction at our website.
01:27 - Yeah, so you're saying right now, I can go on.
01:29 - Yes, it's live today, yep, you can do it.
01:32 And through tomorrow, which is our Day of Giving, where you can come into the restaurant,
01:36 eat, and all of the profits are going to be donated to pancreatic cancer research.
01:40 - I love that.
01:41 And are we talking about all meals or you have a special meal that people can order
01:44 for this?
01:45 - No, anything.
01:46 So you can come dine in, you can get takeout, buy a gift card, whatever.
01:51 Anything is going to be donated, all of the profits from tomorrow.
01:54 - And is that starting for lunch or for dinner, or when's it starting?
01:56 - All day long.
01:57 - All day long, I love it.
01:58 All right, so you're saying if I come in and get some lasagna, proceeds go to it.
02:02 If I come in and get some spaghetti and meatballs, proceeds are going to it.
02:08 If I just come get the meatballs, proceeds go to it.
02:10 - Yep, if you come get takeout, if you come buy a gift card, a t-shirt, whatever.
02:14 - All the proceeds.
02:15 I like that.
02:16 And then will this be anywhere, or is this mostly online that you're gonna take a look
02:19 at it?
02:20 - It's online.
02:21 So if you wanna see what items we have, I would head over to our website and you can
02:25 buy raffle tickets or bid now for the silent auction items.
02:28 - And as we said, this is just a little bit of what you have on there, right?
02:30 - Yeah, yep.
02:31 - So it's a lot, which is so important.
02:32 And I love that you guys are doing it, especially during spring training.
02:33 - Yeah.
02:34 - It's gonna be nice, because we know that a lot of baseball players come in there to
02:37 get fueled up and hang out there.
02:38 - Definitely, yeah, absolutely.
02:39 - So it's pretty cool.
02:40 I like this.
02:41 So okay, let me ask you a little bit about food now.
02:43 So we know lasagna, we know spaghetti and meatballs.
02:46 What else there?
02:47 What about for the kids?
02:48 What's for the kids there?
02:49 - Oh my gosh.
02:50 Well, we have awesome pizza, which I feel like hits, you know, everybody in the family
02:55 loves pizza.
02:56 We also, I mean, for the kids, there's mac and cheese, spaghetti.
03:01 But we have really something for everybody.
03:02 We have a lot of traditional Italian dishes, like you mentioned, the spaghetti and lasagna.
03:06 We also have some healthier options.
03:08 We have really good protein bowls, salads, some like entree protein dishes.
03:14 And we also, we're definitely more of a modern take on Italian cuisine, so you can come in
03:20 and get like a chicken chipotle pasta.
03:23 There's definitely something for everyone.
03:25 - I like it, because our Polish director, Michael Petri, has been to Italy and he knows,
03:30 you know, about eating pasta and everything like that.
03:32 So he'll probably be in there to see him eat.
03:35 He's like, you know, the Boli and all that, some very, you know, fancy Italian words I
03:39 don't know.
03:40 But that's awesome.
03:41 What about desserts?
03:43 - Our tiramisu is my personal favorite.
03:47 And we're really, you know, we make everything from scratch.
03:51 Everything's made to order.
03:52 So everything just tastes really fresh and it's good.
03:54 - Yeah, I like that.
03:56 So all right, well, again, it is the big giving day going on tomorrow.
04:01 But right now, they can go to the website, which is?
04:04 - BaboItalian.com.
04:05 - There you go.
04:06 All eight locations are doing this.
04:08 And again, all the proceeds are going to help fight pancreatic cancer, which is very important
04:12 to us in this community and to, you know, the people at Bell Bowl.
04:15 So Babo It.
04:16 So there you go.
04:17 Babo, Babo.
04:18 I know, Babo It, Babo It.
04:19 There we go.
04:20 It's a lot.
04:21 - No, I know.
04:22 It's a tongue twister.
04:23 - It is.
04:24 All right, so thank you, Taylor.
04:25 - Yeah, thank you.
04:26 - Don't forget, also, information is on aztv.com for what we talked about.
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