Struggling Washington restaurant receives $1K Christmas tip
A Washington restaurant that has been struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic was given a little boost last week. El Toreador Mexican Restaurant in Redwood, Washington, received a $1,000 tip last Monday, KING, the NBC affiliated TV station in Seattle, reported. According to a photograph obtained by the station, the generous tip was on a $27 meal, with a note that said "Merry X-mas!" Restaurant owner Mark Mahan told KING-TV on Tuesday that the tip went to his wife and they decided to split it with the rest of the staff. "As I thought about it, I thought, ‘You know what? Everybody is going to get some of this,'" he said. "I’m going to start passing out money to the guy that is in the kitchen now," Mahan added.