Rocky Top Hospitality Receives Triangle Business Journal A Better World Award

Triangle Business Journal Honors Local Restaurant And Catering Company For Continued Commitment To Community Initiatives. End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) May 23, 2012 - Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that its local restaurants and catering services were awarded the Triangle Business Journal's A Better World Award in the medium-size corporation category for the company's ongoing financial donations, volunteer and board service, and unique contributions to local community charities and nonprofit organizations across the Triangle. Over the past three years, Rocky Top Hospitality has contributed $327,330 worth of total donations. As a locally owned company, Rocky Top Hospitality makes significant efforts to participate in and give back to the community by encouraging employees to volunteer, support local charities and actively engage in the community. The year 2012 marks the first year of Triangle Business Journal's A Better World Awards, which were designed to recognize companies that are true corporate citizens.

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"The Triangle community has given a great deal to Rocky Top Hospitality and that is why we are able to do what we do on a daily basis and remain committed to taking the lead in supporting and giving back to the community we serve," said Ogan. "The Rocky Top Hospitality family is honored to receive this award, and we are proud to align ourselves with other organizations in the area that share our goal to improve the community and give back generously to those in need."

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- For more information about Rocky Top Hospitality's community initiatives, please visit http://bit.ly/IlaLTy.

ABOUT ROCKY TOP HOSPITALITY
Rocky Top Hospitality restaurants have consistently rated among the Triangle's most popular local dining choices since its first restaurant opened in 1998. Six different restaurant concepts operate under the Rocky Top Hospitality name: The Twisted Fork Grill, Market & Bar, Draft Carolina Burgers & Beers, The Mash House Brewery & Chophouse, Tribeca Tavern with two locations in Cary and Raleigh, Rockwell's American Grill & Bar, and Rocky Top Catering & Events, a thriving events facility and catering business. All Rocky Top restaurant menus provide items not found anywhere else, and focus on using local North Carolina beef, seafood, poultry, pork, dairy and organic produce. Pastas and desserts are made daily, in house by the chefs and never come out of a box. Rocky Top beef and pork have had no growth hormones, additives, antibiotics or chemical feed. Owner Dean Ogan is known for actively giving back to the community and was named the 2011 Restaurateur of the Year by the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (NCRLA). For more information, visit http://www.rockytophospitality.com.

Anjelica Cummings
MMI Public Relations
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