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February 12, 2026<\/p>\nAnnual Celebration to Include Weeklong Johnnies Day Food Trail, other festivities\n <\/p>\n
February 12, 2026<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (QUEENS, NY, February 12, 2026) \u2014St. John\u2019s University will celebrate Johnnies Day<\/a> on Saturday, February 21, when the Men\u2019s Basketball<\/a> team tips off at noon against the Creighton University Bluejays at Madison Square Garden (MSG)<\/a>. The game climaxes a weeklong celebration of St. John\u2019s spirit, highlighted by the Johnnies Day Food Trail, which begins on Sunday, February 15.<\/p>\n On Johnnies Day, the University encourages the entire St. John\u2019s community\u2014and the city that St. John\u2019s has called home since 1870\u2014to share their Red Storm spirit in person and on social media during the important BIG EAST Conference<\/a> matchup.<\/p>\n Johnnies everywhere are encouraged to share their school pride on social media, tagging @stjohnsu and using the hashtags #SJUElevates and #JohnniesDay. A random social media contributor will win a $500 VISA\u00ae gift card. Johnnies Day is also a Red Out this year in which fans are invited to wear their best St. John\u2019s red at the game or elsewhere. St. John\u2019s apparel can be purchased at the official Johnnies Day Spirit Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Johnnies Day Food Trail is a partnership between the University, Sciarratta Public Relations<\/a>, and more than 80 restaurants and similar establishments throughout New York City and beyond. Johnnies are encouraged to check in at as many restaurants as possible during the week for a chance to win a Johnnies Day prize pack that includes a pair of tickets to the St. John\u2019s-Villanova University game Saturday, February 28 at MSG. Winners will be selected in each of five categories\u2014current student, alumni, employee, prospective student\/fan, and the restaurant with the most check-ins.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some restaurants on the Food Trail will contribute to St. John\u2019s on-campus food pantry, Vincent\u2019s Table<\/a>, including Burrito Blvd.<\/a> (Middle Village, NY), Fortunato Bros. <\/a>(Williamsburg, Brooklyn), Gaudio\u2019s Pizzeria and Restaurant<\/a> (Astoria), Luigi\u2019s Pizza<\/a> (Park Slope, Brooklyn) Mario\u2019s Meats and Deli<\/a> (Middle Village), and Tutto Calcio Espresso Bar <\/a>(Whitestone).<\/p>\n The St. John\u2019s Women\u2019s Basketball<\/a> team will face Georgetown on Wednesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. in the Johnnies Day kickoff game at Carnesecca Arena<\/a> on the Queens<\/a>, NY, campus. Free admission to the 1870 Court<\/a> pregame reception is included with each ticket purchase and includes appetizers and a drink voucher. It also serves as a Food Trail check-in point. Guests can enjoy a free tasting of Threes Brewing Company<\/a>\u2019s Game Theory<\/a> pilsner, which celebrates the brewery\u2019s partnership with St. John\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n Other Johnnies Day festivities include a Johnnies Day \u201cpregame\u201d celebration on February 20 at Threes Brewing\u2019s Brooklyn location\u2014333 Douglass Street<\/a> in the Gowanus section\u2014where Johnnies can enjoy free samples of Game Theory in a private room. Guests who take a photo with Johnny Thunderbird<\/a> will enjoy $1 off pints of Game Theory at the main bar. \u00a0<\/p>\n Alumni <\/a>across the country will cheer on the Red Storm men\u2019s team at Johnnies Day watch parties<\/a> in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n The defending Big East regular season and tournament champion Red Storm men\u2019s team\u201419-5 this season, 12-1 in the Big East\u2014is ranked 17th in the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since 1870, St. John\u2019s University has been part of the life and legacy of New York. Founded in Brooklyn, NY, before New York City was consolidated, the enduring mission<\/a> of St. John\u2019s is to be an institution of higher education for immigrants and their children. That mission has endured for more than a century and a half, and St. John\u2019s has grown into a local, national, and global institution with an alumni network of 200,000-plus living members.<\/p>\n Enriched by a tapestry of cultures that complement an internationalized curriculum, St. John\u2019s is one of the nation\u2019s most diverse higher education institutions and one of the top-ranked national universities for social mobility.\u00a0<\/p>\n About St. John\u2019s University: St. John\u2019s University is comprised of six Schools and Colleges<\/a>, including the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences<\/a>, The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies<\/a>, St. John\u2019s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/a>, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business<\/a> (including the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science<\/a>), The School of Education<\/a>, and the School of Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n As of Fall 2025, the University has almost 1,300 full-time and part-time faculty<\/a>; 16,651 undergraduate students; and 3,784 graduate students from 45 states and 125 countries. St. John\u2019s offers more than 200 undergraduate and graduate programs<\/a>, including 16 doctoral programs.<\/p>\n For media inquiries, please contact the University\u2019s Office of Media Relations<\/a> at 718-990-1621; [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Annual Celebration to Include Weeklong Johnnies Day Food Trail, other festivities February 12, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-132684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Media Contact: James Stephen Smith\u00a0
Director of Media Relations, St. John\u2019s University\u00a0
516-313-4568 (c), 718-990-5789 (o)
[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n
St. John\u2019s University<\/a> is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic University founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians), with its main campus located in Queens<\/a>, NY. St. John\u2019s University also has campuses and locations in Manhattan<\/a>, NY; Rome<\/a>, Italy; Paris<\/a>, France; and Limerick<\/a>, Ireland.<\/p>\n