Welcome to the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association!
As a local chapter of the Texas Restaurant Association, the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association strives to promote growth of the restaurant industry by providing educational programs, public awareness campaigns, and grass-roots government affairs initiatives. Our association is just over 800 members strong, making it one of the larger trade associations in Dallas.
We are committed to the long-term health of the industry, and are supported by restaurateurs and suppliers of the restaurant industry. Our focus is to not only provide political support for restaurants, but to raise funds for those who will be the future of our industry, support community events and hospitality industry-related organizations, and market our members.
Welcome Aboard!
Jennifer Jones
Member Relations Manager
Jennifer Jones comes to us with extensive Sales & Marketing experience. Her professional background includes industries such as Mortgage Banking, Insurance, and Residential Real Estate.
Jennifer has lived and worked in the
STAR CHEFS AND GREAT WINES AT SAVOR DALLAS - and your ticket purchase benefits the GDRA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM!
The 6th annual Savor Dallas to be held March 5th and 6th in downtown Dallas, is "An International Experience of Wine, Food, Spirits and the Arts," dedicated to showcasing the finest chefs in Dallas-Fort Worth, the world's best beverages, and the renaissance of Downtown Dallas, especially the Arts District. And you can benefit the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association Scholarship Fund by purchasing your tickets at www.savordallas.com and using the promotional code gdra2010 when you buy tickets. (Please note that the code is case-sensitive.)
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Are you ready for some crawfish?
Join us for our annual crawfish boil at Hooters
sponsored by: US Foodservice.
Click here for details and registration!
Set for April 14 to 16 in Washington, D.C., the Public Affairs Conference brings together hundreds of restaurateurs to meet elected officials and help
shape pro-restaurant policy. Secure your spot today for this invaluable opportunity to let Congress know what the restaurant industry does for for this country.
National Restaurant Association's 2010 Public Affairs Conference
2010 Scholarship Application Now Available!
Each year the GDRA awards over $80,000 in scholarships. These are scholarship for high school seniors, GDRA member employees currently in college or sons/daughters of GDRA members, all of whom are studying restaurant management or culinary arts. Applications are due March 25, 2010. For more information on qualifications, please email Jamee Jolly at jjolly@gdra.org. Apply today!
Building Business - TRA Dine at the Sign Campaign
The TRA is launching an online dining guide featuring TRA members in February. To help promote the dining guide, billboards will be going up across the state. In conjunction with the billboard campaign, chapters will be conducting new membership drives. MAKE SURE YOU ARE A PART OF THIS BUILDING BUSINESS TOOL TODAY BY COMPLETING A REGISTRATION FORM – FREE BENEFIT to members!!
Click here for registration form.
