After one customer started a fundraiser, an iconic Atlanta bar won't have to close its doors after suffering financial losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. "The checkbook was down to almost nothing and we were in trouble," Brian Maloof, Manuel's Tavern's owner, told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday. "We'd been waiting on additional small business government stimulus and it didn't come," he added.
But that's where Angelo Fuster, longtime patron and friend, stepped in and started a GoFundMe for the bar that had been opened since the '50s to meet the minimum $75,000 needed.
But within 24 hours, the fundraiser doubled that goal and because of loyal and generous customers, they surpassed $170,000. "It was a statement of affection ...
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