Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. opened its 14th Illinois restaurant today in Bloomingdale, located at 152 Stratford Square, in Stratford Square Mall, at Gary Avenue and Schick Road.

Red Robin serves gourmet burgers, appetizers, entrees, salads and beverages.  As part of its grand opening celebrations, the Bloomingdale Red Robin restaurant is hosting a Burgers With A Heart fundraiser to benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Through Burgers With a Heart, Red Robin will donate 50 cents from every gourmet burger to NCMEC through Sunday.

NCMEC is a non-profit organization with the mission of helping prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; helping find missing children; and assisting victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. The money raised will help provide prevention education to children nationwide. 
   
“On behalf of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, I would like to thank Red Robin for their generous support of our mission,” said Robbie Callaway, NCMEC co-founder and past chairman of the board.  “It is important that we empower families to make safer decisions for their children, and communication and education are vital tools in that effort. 

"With Red Robin’s support, we are able to reach many more families across the country with our messages of child safety.”

“We are thrilled to be expanding the Red Robin family of restaurants in Illinois, while also supporting such a wonderful family-oriented cause,” said Eric Houseman, Red Robin president and chief operating officer. “We invite everyone to come to Red Robin and enjoy one of our more than two dozen high-quality gourmet burgers to support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as we open our newest restaurant in Bloomingdale.”