'Celebrity Breakfast' Fundraiser Returning To Effie's Place

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The Celebrity Breakfast, a fundraiser to support the annual Park Road Parade, will return to West Hartford next week.

From 7:30-10 a.m. on June 14, community members are invited to Effie's Place Family Restaurant (91 Park Road).

For $20, they can get their choice of breakfast served by "hometown celebrities" — among them Mayor Shari Cantor, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, West Hartford's state congressional delegation, town council members and more.

The hometown celebrities will be serving a choice of three pancakes, Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream or Effie's Eggs (two eggs cooked any style with home fries). All will be served with choice of sausage or bacon, as well as coffee or tea and juice.

Patrons can also place a to-go order by calling Effie's Restaurant at 860-233-9653.

"The Celebrity Breakfast is the Park Road Parade's major fundraiser," town officials said. "The money raised will help make the 2022 parade bigger and better than ever."

Other "celebrity" attendees include West Hartford Symphony Orchestra Conductor Richard Chiarappa, West Hartford Pride Chair Barry Walters, and more.

The Park Road Parade, which is described on its website as a "zany, wildly popular, anything-goes parade" is scheduled to take place on Oct 1.

Anyone with questions about the event can call John Paindiris at 860-836-9366 or Tony Landino at 860-719-9827.