Regarding that "adoption"......We live several hours from Austin so it would be a long walk!    
 
I did get a kick out of this event and drew up more information on the internet.  Only in Austin!  They've apparently done this several times.  For the official advertisements and the T-shirt, see 
this,  this,  this,  and 
this.    They've obviously cribbed the old Big Boy restautraunt symbol for their hobbit.  
For a rhapsodic description of the seven course meal, scroll about two-thirds of the way down the page:  
here.   You better 
 really  like mushrooms to attend this picture thingy!