The Village of Bourbonnais wants diners to return to local restaurants and created a gift card program to encourage the effort. | Adobe Stock
The Village of Bourbonnais wants diners to return to local restaurants and created a gift card program to encourage the effort. | Adobe Stock
Bourbonnais diners can receive a $10 rebate gift card and enter a drawing for up to $500 a gift card by eating at any of the 42 restaurant locations participating in the program.
By spending $100 or more at any restaurant, residents and non-residents will be eligible for the rebate card.
The restaurant visit also will enter diners into the grand prize drawing for a $100, $250 or $500 gift card.
"Although COVID-19 mitigations were recently loosened by the Illinois Department of Public Health, we understand the pandemic continues to challenge our businesses, especially restaurants," Bourbonnais Mayor Paul Schore said in a release.
To participate, submit a rebate application with sales receipts within the program dates that total $100 or more.
The program is from Feb. 12 to Sunday, April 4.
Totals can include sales tax but exclude tip amounts. Diners can combine visits and submit receipts from multiple participating eating establishments. Purchases can be made through dine-in, drive-thru, carry-out and delivery using any methods.
Rebate applications are online, at the village's administration building at 600 Main Street NW and at participating locations. Diners must submit their completed form and sales receipts, so they are received or postmarked no later than at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, to Village of Bourbonnais Restaurant Rebate, Attention: Lindy Casey, 600 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, IL 60914.