The owner of a Kebab restaurant in Washington DC has been offering free meals to homeless on a daily basis for the past few months, opening doors for an audience that is rarely welcome in elegant eateries.
“Sometimes they come 15-20. Sometimes nobody. We are waiting God please send somebody, you know,” Mayur Kabab owner Kazi Mannan told ABC 7.
Mannan’s restaurant is located in Franklin Square, one of the many places in Washington DC inhabited by the homeless.
“Yeah it’s tough. I see people laugh at the homeless and might look down on them but if you really look at it a lot of people are just one step away from being this way,” Dawud Proctor said.
Every day, Mannan and his staff prepare special meals for customers at his Pakistani-Indian restaurant along K Street in Northwest Washington.
At lunch time, the restaurant welcomed nearly 20 people who were treated like any other guest expect for that they eat for free.
Darren Staton, who has been homeless for a couple years, said this meal and Mannan’s gesture is a blessing from God.