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Port Aransas restaraunt aiding relief efforts burglarized

710 views · Published 4 September 2017 · 1:36 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: KRIS 6 News · 2017 · News & Politics

Goodwill has been spread by many in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Volunteers in places like Port Aransas are working to bring back a sense of normalcy to the community.
Part of that is finding a place to enjoy a hot meal. Eats, a Port Aransas restaurant, had been providing those meals for free, but a recent break-in has threatened to change all of that.
Eats Port Aransas has been doing their part to help keep community spirits high as the clean-up following Hurricane Harvey marches on.
Cooking up a hot breakfast for residents and volunteers in the area, but that all changed when owner Billy Joe Wilson visited his restaurant early this morning to get started on his daily breakfast routine.
He quickly realized that feeding the dozens volunteers who visited each day was going to be difficult, as food was stolen from his trailer overnight.
Something Wilson says was a devastating blow.
“I walked in and my eggs were gone, my bacon was gone and you know, i don't understand,” said Wilson. “I’m cooking it for free, for you to have a hot meal, so it’s really devastating. I had to probably turn away 100 people this morning because i didn’t have breakfast for them.”
Thankfully, word spread quickly that the restaurant was robbed and the residents of Port Aransas jumped into action, bringing with them donations of eggs, bacon and other breakfast items.
Wilson says this isn't going to slow him down, he plans on continuing his mission of serving up a delicious meal to anyone who stops by.

Port Aransas restaraunt aiding relief efforts burglarized

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