Restaurant Eve's Birthday Gift to Animals

On her birthday last April, Eve Armstrong, daughter of local restaurateurs Cathal and Meshelle Armstrong, decided she didn't want any birthday gifts.

"When she turned thirteen, she said to me, 'I want to have a party but I don't want presents," Meshelle Armstrong said. "With her being a thirteen year old girl, Cathal and I were so floored."

In lieu of birthday gifts, Eve decided she wanted friends and family to donate to the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria to help the pets in need of forever homes. Eve, the namesake of Restaurant Eve, is a student at St. Louis School in Alexandria and dreams of being a veterinarian. 

The gifts to the shelter piled in. Meshelle said the gift drive was an "organic" idea.

The idea spurred Restaurant Eve's April Birthday Bash, where anyone celebrating a birthday in April would receive the gift of a five-course dinner in the Chef's Tasting Room. Those celebrating April birthdays are asked to bring a gift or check for animals of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.

Here's how it works:

• The gift is not valid Friday or Saturday. 
• Call 703-706-0450 for reservations and inform them of your "Birthday Bash."
• Reservations must be called in. Reservations made online can not be honored.
• ONE Gift per table.
• Gratuity on the gift still needs to be shared.
• ABC law does not permit Restaurant Eve to include alcohol.
• Valid in the Chef's Tasting Room only as Eve likes her birthday to be swanky! 

Click here for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria's Wish List