AKRON, Ohio - Restaurants are, of course, seeking ways to survive and help their employees during the coronavirus shutdown. Many are urging folks to buy gift cards to be used down the line when they can reopen, for instance. Alexander Pierce Restaurant in Akron is holding a grand dinner raffle.

All ticket sales will go to the restaurant's staff.

It's a five-course dinner for eight people with wine pairing. It's valued at $700.

Tickets will be sold through Thursday, May 28. Winners must give at least one-week notice for the dinner, which can be held Monday through Thursday.

Drawing will be held via Facebook Live on Monday, June 1, and participants do not have to be present to win.

Tickets prices: One for $5, five for $20, 10 for $30.

To buy tickets go online.

The restaurant - which features a broad-ranging menu that crosses steaks, seafood, pasta and more - is at 797 E. Market St., Akron.

Alexander Pierce was the final restaurant review cleveland.com posted before the governor’s restaurant-shutdown order took effect March 15.

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