Shop This Chic Merchandise and Help Support Restaurants

Many of us are wondering right now what we can do to help our most beloved local restaurants and bars stay afloat and keep their staff intact during this COVID-19 crisis. We can contribute to not-for-proft organizations, buy gift certificates for that happy day when we are free to roam again, and order take-out or delivery. And we can also shop this chic merchandise, the proceeds from which will help support local restaurants and bars and their workers nationwide. Here are our picks of some of the best restaurant and bar logo merchandise available right now, including tote bags, hats and tees.

shop this chic merchandise and help support restaurants and bars during coronavirus

This is a great time to show your support for your favorite restaurant, bar, or coffee shop by buying logo merchandise from their online sites.

What better time than now? If you’ve been wearing the same tee for five days in a row, switch it up with a cool sweatshirt from a great eatery. Maybe you need a new tote bag for those surruptitious toilet paper runs. Or a hat to hide your home hair cut before that big video conference. There’s restaurant merch for that.

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JuneBaby is a truly special eatery in Seattle, and we begin with a shout-out to their owner and chef, the incredibly talented Edouardo Jordan. We’re loving the new merch, and the restaurant is also selling shelf-stable food items for mail order delivery.

BUY NOW $45 and $85.

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General Porpoise Donuts in Seattle is another one of our favorite stops when we’re in the Emerald City. This cap is the perfect embodiment of the sugary fun to be had there.

BUY NOW $25.

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Paint your nails Cafe Roze pink with a bottle of nail polish from the Café Roze x Aila Cosmetics nail polish collaboration. The East Nashville eatery, helmed by longtime New York chef Julia Jaksic, teamed up with Aila, a cruelty-free, gluten-free, vegan beauty company on this limited edition.

BUY NOW $25.

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If you’re doing more comfort baking than usual right now (and who isn’t?), consider the three gorgeous cookbooks from the Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia. We LOVE their recipes, and some of them have become our go-tos (we’re looking at you, sweet potato cupcakes). 

BUY NOW

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Buxton Hall BBQ opened in the South Slope neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina in August 2015 with the aim of revitalizing Carolina barbecue history. Co-owners Elliott Moss and Meherwan Irani, both James Beard Award nominees, share a passion for food and dining: for the cultural history, techniques, and shared experiences they produce. We’re all in with this “Dad hat” while we wait for them to reopen.

BUY NOW $26

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Rock a new hat at your next Zoom session from LA eatery Honey Hi. The restaurant describes its “Low Stakes Dad Hat” this way: “Offend absolutely no one in this classic, minimal ball cap. Looks like something you might find at a thrift store and think ‘this will be fine.’ It is the Ann Veal of hats.”

BUY NOW $25.

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Gage & Tollner in Brooklyn was just about to reopen when the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City. But they’re keeping calm and carrying on. Their website notes that the restaurant “has already survived two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Spanish flu epidemic, and Prohibition — it will survive this as well.” While we all wait it out, we can sport this chic tote on our physically distant grocery store runs.

BUY NOW $25.

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According to the good people at upscale pizza joint Porta – which has locations in Philadelphia, Asbury Park and Jersey City – there isn’t a patron saint of pizza. However, they’re sure that if there were, her name would be Mother Maria Mozzarella. And there’s an adorable tee just for kids in her honor.

BUY NOW $20.

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Rolf & Daughters in Nashville, purveyors of handmade pasta and heritage pork ragout, has a tote that will bring a smile on even the toughest days.

BUY NOW $25.

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BUY NOW $20.

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Fat Rice owners Adrienne Lo and Abe Conlon founded their Chicago restaurant in Logan Square in 2012 after traveling to Macau, a previously Portuguese territory just off the south coast of China. The restaurant combines techniques and ingredients from Portugal, Brazil, Africa, Malaysia, India, and China – in the same manner that the Portuguese traveled during the Age of Discovery.

BUY NOW $40.

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The Hungry Pigeon is in Queen Village in Philadelphia. It’s a warm, casual American braisserie founded by Chefs Scott Schroeder and Pat O’Malley. We wish we could grab brunch there – but in the meantime, we’re keen to sport this witty tote. 

BUY NOW $30.

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Fish Cheeks is located on Bond Street in NoHo New York City, serving contemporary Thai food with a focus on seafood. Named for the lean, tender cheek meat that is considered the tastiest part of a fish and a delicacy in Asia, it’s helmed by Thai immigrants, brothers, and co-chefs Ohm and Chat Suansilphong and co-owner Jenn Saesue. This chic minimalist tee says it all.

BUY NOW $25.

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Russ & Daughters’ vintage tote is so cool, we’d grab it as a fashion statement – but how great that it can also help a great New York institution carry on through this difficult time, too?

BUY NOW $45

chic merchandise that helps support beloved restaurants and bars

That’s it! Some of our favorite items from restaurants and bars across America. Buying a gift card, sending a donation to a relief organization, ordering takeout – all of those are vital as well. Stay safe and healthy, dear reader. We are all in this together.

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