School Spirit meets sweet treats with Jon and Vinny’s Riyadh’s back-to-school cart

Roll-up, roll-up, school’s back, and Jon and Vinny’s Riyadh is here to cure the post-summer blues across the city’s schools with a fun-filled new activation. Sweetening up the start of term and easing the holiday blues, the beloved Italian eatery is going on tour, bringing its famous playful dining experience to select Riyadh schools. Starting from Sunday, 18th August, youngsters at Kingdom Schools, Manarat Al Riyadh, King Faisal School and the Efada Center for Down Syndrome will get to experience a dose of playfulness, as if they were back on summer break, as Jon and Vinny’s cart pulls up to their campus dolling out fun and flavor.

Running for three weeks only, the cart will take the indulgent experience of Jon and Vinny’s Al Dadab restaurant on tour, giving out goodie bags to students and starting the school year off on a high. Groups of friends are invited to hang out at the colorful cart, snap photos, socialize, and carry on the summer celebrations. Goodie bags will be filled with personalized t-shirts and other surprise gifts, creating memories and social media moments, engaging the students in a fun and interactive way. This will also invite them to come back and dine at the restaurant itself – the ultimate back-to-school treat. Sharing the love across the city, the cart will make its appearance at different schools throughout the three weeks, running on weekdays through 5th September.   

Opened in Riyadh’s Al Dabab neighborhood in April 2024, Jon & Vinny’s says goodbye to fancy and fiddly Italian dishes, instead delighting guests with authentic regional Italian cuisine. Hero dishes include its homemade red sauce and Bolognese, razor-thin pizzas with the perfect charred crust and American-inspired classics like hearty Chicken Parmigiana. The Riyadh restaurant is the first for the famous, fun-loving group outside California, where it runs celebrity hotspots in Brentwood, South Los Angeles, Fairfax and Beverly Hills.

Jon & Vinny’s back-to-school cart is in operation on school days from 18th August to 5th September, with a surprise schedule of school visits across the capital. Keep your eyes peeled.