Galveston Chapter - Texas Restaurant Association

10/16/2026

🗳️ Texas Restaurants: Your Voice Matters. Your Vote Matters!

Decisions made at the ballot box impact Texas restaurants, our employees, and our communities—from the economy and infrastructure to insurance costs and workforce issues.

Make your voice heard this November! Every vote counts, and you don't have to have voted in the March primary to participate.

📅 Important Voting Dates:

- Early Voting: October 19–30
- Election Day: November 3
- Mail Ballot Application Deadline: October 23 (must be received by this date)

🍽️ Restaurant Owners & Operators: Encourage your teams to vote! Share voting information with employees and consider allowing time for them to get to the polls.

✅ Find your polling place, check your registration, and make a plan to vote at www.votetexas.gov.

Strong communities need strong voices. Let's make sure the Texas restaurant industry is heard!

10/09/2026

🎤 Calling All Restaurant Industry Leaders! We Want to Hear From YOU!

Have ideas, experiences or expertise that could help fellow restaurant owners and operators succeed?

The 2027 Texas Restaurant Show is looking for speakers, and we'd love to see our local restaurant community represented!

Whether it's operations, workforce, technology or lessons learned along the way, your experience could help shape the future of our industry!

📍 San Antonio | July 11–12, 2027
🎉 Celebrating 90 years of the Texas Restaurant Association!

👉 Have something to share? Submit your speaker proposal today!

https://trs2027-c8ed13a.cm.mapyourshow.com/2_0/index.cfm/proposals:main

Do you have something to share with the Texas restaurant industry?
This is more than a call for speakers. It is an opportunity to share what works, contribute to an important industry conversation and take the stage in our 90th Year at the 2027 Texas Restaurant Show, July 11–12 in San Antonio.
Help shape what comes next: https://trs2027-c8ed13a.cm.mapyourshow.com/2_0/index.cfm/proposals:main

10/07/2026

🚨 Restaurant problems piling up? Let TRA help you solve them.

Staffing shortages. Rising costs. Menu decisions. New technology. Permitting headaches. Every challenge takes time away from running—and growing—your restaurant.

Join us for From Problem to Profit: Solving Your Restaurant’s Toughest Challenges with the TRA Consultancy Center and learn how this TRA member benefit can help turn real-world restaurant challenges into actionable solutions.

📅 Wednesday, October 21
⏰ 2:00 PM CT
🎤 Featuring Tony Abruscato, TRA Chief Marketing Officer, and Chris Tripoli, Hospitality Specialist with The Restaurant Clinic

⭐ TRA members receive a complimentary 30-minute consulting session!

This webinar is exclusively for Texas Restaurant Association members. Register today and learn how to put the Consultancy Center to work for your restaurant.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XdGb8Es0So-OZDknaTcTUg #/registration

Not a member yet? Join TRA and unlock this benefit and more!
Email: [email protected]

09/17/2026

🍽️ 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡! 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬—𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥?

Being a Texas Restaurant Association member comes with savings that can really add up, especially when you’re training an entire team!

🍺 #1 TABC Certification by TRA – 33% off for TRA members
👩‍🍳 ServSafe Texas Food Handler – 33% off for TRA members
✅ Texas FoodGuard Manager – 15% off for TRA members
👉 Learn more at txrestaurant.org/training

Not a TRA member? Let’s change that!

Reach out to Steven Cordova at [email protected] to learn more about joining TRA and the Galveston Chapter and start taking advantage of benefits like these.

09/14/2026

⚖️ 𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞 & 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

Join us for the first webinar in TRA’s Fall Compliance Series, exclusively for TRA members.

Hear directly from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) about:

✅ Federal labor laws restaurants need to know
✅ How WHD helps employers stay compliant
✅ What happens during a WHD investigation
✅ What employers can expect throughout the process
✅ Live Q&A

This is a members-only benefit and the webinar will NOT be recorded, so don’t miss your chance to attend live!

Not a TRA member but want access to valuable resources and webinars like this? Contact [email protected] to learn more.

Members, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dMtLILymQu6anfbL4uWobg

Texas Restaurant Association

09/08/2026

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TRA Members: Contact us to verify your membership and receive the exclusive $9.95 rate. (Email: [email protected])

👉 Get certified. Stay compliant. Serve with confidence.

TABC Course Sign-In Page: https://txrestaurant.org/Pub/TopClass/Learning_Sign_In.aspx

Texas Restaurant Association

08/25/2026

🚨 GALVESTON RESTAURANT & BAR OPERATORS — THIS MEETING IS FOR YOU!

If you own, operate, manage, or lead a restaurant or bar anywhere in the Galveston area, we want you in the room THIS THURSDAY for the Galveston Chapter Meeting.

You do not have to be on the Board or already involved with the Chapter. Come meet other local operators, bring the issues affecting your business, hear what TRA is working on, and help us determine where we should focus our efforts in Galveston.

More operators at the table = a stronger voice for Galveston’s restaurant and bar community.

📅 Thursday, August 27
⏰ 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Hearsay Gastro Lounge | 2410 The Strand

08/25/2026

⛳ GALVESTON — LET’S TEE IT UP!

The Galveston Chapter Golf Tournament is back! Join us Tuesday, October 13 at Moody Gardens Golf Course for a great day of golf, food, friendly competition, and connections with Galveston’s restaurant and hospitality community.

🏌️ Grab your team and hit the course.
⭐ Put your business in the spotlight as a sponsor.
🍽️ Connect with restaurant operators, industry partners & community leaders.

Best of all, your participation supports the Galveston Chapter’s work in advocacy, education, scholarships, and workforce development — strengthening the local industry we all depend on.

📅 Tuesday, October 13
📍 Moody Gardens Golf Course

Teams and sponsorship opportunities are limited — don’t sit this one out!

👉 REGISTER YOUR TEAM OR SECURE YOUR SPONSORSHIP TODAY:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/galveston-chapter-tra-2026-golf-tournament

Tag your golf crew and we’ll see you on the course! ⛳🏌️

08/24/2026

🚨 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 & 𝐁𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 — 𝐖𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄!

The 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘, and if you own, operate, or lead a local restaurant or bar, we want your voice in the room.

This is your opportunity to connect with fellow operators, talk openly about the challenges facing your business, hear what TRA is working on, and help determine where your local Chapter focuses its efforts next.

The stronger the operator participation, the stronger our voice for Galveston’s restaurant industry.

📅 Thursday, August 27
⏰ 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 Hearsay Gastro Lounge (2410 The Strand)

Whether you’re already involved with TRA or want to learn more, come join the conversation.

👉 Restaurant and bar operators: make plans to be there Thursday!

Let us know you're coming: [email protected]

08/22/2026

Galveston restaurant community—we need your help!

The Texas Restaurant Association’s Galveston Chapter is joining Seat the Table in urging Congress to create work permits for the hardworking, law-abiding immigrants who help keep restaurants throughout Galveston and across Texas running.

This issue affects our local restaurants, our workforce and the affordability of the food our community enjoys. Supporting a practical solution is both the right thing to do and essential to the future of our industry.

🍽️ Become a lead signatory and support the call for work permits:https://seatthetable.org/

💬 Share your story and tell us why this issue matters to you:https://fs24.formsite.com/wsaaritramailorg/STT-Immigration-Stories/index

Together, Galveston’s hospitality community can make its voice heard!