A North Texas restaurant whose customers sometimes lean on their Pay It Forward Wall found it needed some help itself.
At Nearly Famous Burgers and Hotdogs in Arlington , it's OK to need help-- and hundreds of people have received that message, through receipts taped up on a wall."They say, ‘OK, well, there’s four cheeseburgers and four drinks,' so all they do, is they turn around, and they hand it to that register person and no questions will be asked," owner Jeremy Lowe explained.
“I can only put in so much, you know, and I was at the point where it was hard to make payroll. It was hard to buy food to sell. So, I had to turn a couple of people away," Lowe said.“That’s when I was like, yeah absolutely, let’s throw brisket nachos on the menu, let’s see what we can do to get people in your restaurant," Hurtado said.
“The first thing we did was we tried to invest back in the community, we said, ‘How can we help people?' So, we started giving out meal kits to people who were out of jobs," Hurtado said.The duo partnered to bring Hurtado's brisket nachos to Nearly Famous on Friday. “I said ‘Hey, what do you want to do with your $750?’ He said, ‘I want you to put that on the wall and I’m going to Venmo you $750, I’m going to match it out of pocket," Lowe said.It wasn't the first collaboration the two did, but it was perhaps the most urgent, with the wall empty.Lowe said families have already used some of the tickets posted on Monday.“I do feel like everybody is kind of like one emergency away from needing it," she said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
When an Arlington restaurant's Pay it Forward Wall dried up, Hurtado Barbecue stepped inA North Texas restaurant whose customers sometimes lean on their Pay It Forward Wall found it needed some help itself.
Read more »
Latina Equal Pay Day: South Bay rallies to end to pay disparitiesOn average in the U.S., Latinas make 51 cents for every dollar made by men. In Silicon Valley, the gap is even wider.
Read more »
Latina Equal Pay Day rally in Rochester calls for end to pay disparitiesThe push for equal pay took center stage Thursday in Rochester.
Read more »
San Antonio-based H-E-B finally accepting Apple Pay, other tap-to-pay optionsSan Antonio-based H-E-B is finally giving the people what they want. Starting this Monday, Texas' dominant grocery chain rolled out tap-to-pay options at select locations with more on the way. The new payment options include Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay.
Read more »
Here's when H-E-B stores will get Apple Pay, Google PayThe San Antonio-based company said it will phase in digital tap-to-pay options at all of its stores in the coming weeks.
Read more »
Federal court may force Mobile County steel mill to pay millions in back pay to workersAfter a nearly six-year battle in court over alleged Fair Labor and Standards Act violations, a lawsuit involving Outokumpu is close to being resolved with the
Read more »