Casual deal + top service award

Buca di Beppo is pushing a tax-week traffic play, while Restaurant Pearl Morissette just picked up North America’s top 2026 service award. (restaurantnewsrelease.com) (theworlds50best.com) Buca’s offer runs through April 19, 2026, and gives diners a second pasta free when they buy one full-price pasta; the free dish must be of equal or lesser value. Guests can ask for “TaxPastaBOGO” in restaurants or enter that code for carry-out and delivery orders. (restaurantnewsrelease.com) The chain framed the promotion around tax-season stress, and the deal applies to its family-style pasta business during a four-day window ending Sunday, April 19. Reservations are available through the company’s booking page or by phone. (restaurantnewsrelease.com) On the fine-dining side, North America’s 50 Best Restaurants named Restaurant Pearl Morissette the 2026 Art of Hospitality Award winner on April 15, ahead of the main list ceremony. The restaurant is in Lincoln, Ontario, in Niagara wine country. (theworlds50best.com) (timeout.com) The award recognizes service and the overall dining experience, not just the food. North America’s 50 Best said its full 1-to-50 ranking will be revealed on May 28, 2026, in New Orleans. (theworlds50best.com 1) (theworlds50best.com 2) Restaurant Pearl Morissette already had a high standing in the guide: it ranked No. 3 on the inaugural North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2025. The organization says that list is built from votes cast by 300 restaurant-industry and dining experts. (theworlds50best.com 1) (theworlds50best.com 2) The restaurant opened in November 2017 and is run by chef-owners Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson. Its Jordan Station property lists a tasting menu starting at $185 and sits above the Pearl Morissette winery. (theworlds50best.com 1) (theworlds50best.com 2) Taken together, the two announcements show how restaurant operators are chasing diners from opposite ends of the market in April 2026: one with a limited-time discount tied to a calendar moment, the other with an award built around hospitality as a selling point. Both are trying to turn service into a reason to book now. (restaurantnewsrelease.com) (theworlds50best.com)