Plan Check Kitchen + Bar and Sanrio® Celebrate Pompompurin and Chococat 20th Anniversaries

With Menu Collaboration ($39*) from Friday, June 10 - Sunday, July 10, 2016

Plan Check Kitchen + Bar and Sanrio are teaming up once again - this time to feature Pompompurin and Chococat. The L.A. neighborhood restaurant that specializes in modern takes on American comfort food, and the global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty, have partnered on an exclusive menu promotion to celebrate the characters' 20th anniversaries. Pompompurin is a laid back Golden Retriever with a talent for napping and Chococat is a boy cat with a chocolate nose who is a little scatterbrained at times.

Kicking off on Friday, June 10 and running through Sunday, July 10, Pompompurin and Chococat will take over all three locations of Plan Check Kitchen + Bar in the Fairfax, Sawtelle, and Downtown** neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The Plan Check culinary team has created Pompompurin and Chococat inspired dishes, which include: Mac & Cheese comprised of Americanized dashi cheese, bread crumbs, and Parmigiano Reggiano; Togarashi Potato Chips; a Pompompurin Dog with house blended sausage, kimchi slaw, and kewpie cilantro served on a crunch bun; a Chococat Cookie served with vanilla ice cream; and a Vanilla Cream Soda topped with whipped cream.

The multi-course Plan Check x Pompompurin x Chococat menu will be available for $39 and each menu set will include a limited edition co-branded cap.

In honor of Pet Appreciation Week (first week of June), a portion of the meal proceeds from the month-long promotion will be donated to L.A. Love & Leashes, an adoption space created by the non-profit Friends of L.A. Animal Shelters that is 100% dedicated to animals from Los Angeles' six city animal shelters.

Plan Check Kitchen + Bar and Sanrio first collaborated in late 2014 on a Hello Kitty®-inspired menu as part of Hello Kitty's Hungry Hunt - a promotion in celebration of the pop icon's 40th Anniversary. They also partnered in 2015 to launch Sanrio's gudetama, the lazy egg, with exclusive egg-centric menu offerings.

Social media hashtag: #SanrioXPlanCheck

*menu price excludes tip and tax
** Plan Check Sawtelle and Downtown feature dog-friendly patio

ABOUT PLAN CHECK KITCHEN + BAR
Los Angeles-based neighborhood restaurant Plan Check Kitchen + Bar serves modern takes on American comfort food in a small-plates format, alongside innovative cocktails, premium whiskeys, and craft beers in a sleek yet inviting contemporary industrial space. Plan Check derives its name and décor inspiration from the City of Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety—located next door to the original location on Sawtelle Boulevard. Plan Check's three neighborhood establishments are located at 1800 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025; 351 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036; and 1111 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90017. Plan Check Santa Monica is slated to open in Summer 2016. For more information please call (310) 444-1411 or visit www.plancheck.com, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

Media requests: Plan Check Kitchen + Bar Contact
Ali Stanley/Meghan Patke (323) 871-1151
ali@wagstaffworldwide.com / meghan@wagstaffworldwide.com

Media requests: Bennet Group Strategic Communications
Megan Tsuchida 808-286-3183
megan@bennetgroup.com

About Sanrio
Sanrio is the global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty®, who recently celebrated her 40th Anniversary. Home to many endearing characters including Chococat® My Melody®, Badtz-Maru® and Keroppi®, Sanrio was founded on the 'small gift, big smile®' philosophy - that a small gift can bring happiness and friendship to people of all ages. Since 1960, this philosophy has served as the inspiration for the broad spectrum of unique products and experiences. Today, more than 50,000 Hello Kitty-branded items are available in over 130 countries and upwards of 15,000 U.S. retail locations including department, specialty, national chain stores and over 35 Sanrio boutiques. For more information please visit www.sanrio.com and www.facebook.com/hellokitty.

Media requests: Orsi Public Relations
Dyann Hawkins/Racine Diaz (323)874-4073
dyann@orsipr.com/racine@orsipr.com