Clifton restaurant gives out free meals on Christmas Eve

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A restaurant in Clifton is trying to make sure that no one goes hungry on Christmas Eve.

For the second year in a row, Good Plates Eatery gave out free meals for the holidays simply because they want to help people in need.

On Thanksgiving, Good Plates handed out about 250 free meals. For Christmas, the owner has a goal of feeding 600 people.

“No charge, no questions,” Andrew Schlanser, chef and co-owner of Good Plates Eatery, said. “Whether you aren’t able to make it home for the holidays, you’re in need of a hot meal, you just aren’t up to cooking - it doesn’t matter to us.”

Noam Barnard says he picked up 20 meals for the Coalition of Community Safety and will give them out to people who are experiencing homelessness.

“For somebody to open up their business like this, you know, just to anybody really shows a lot about humanity,” Barnard said.

The restaurant opened during the pandemic when many local businesses were struggling to stay afloat.

The owners says the idea to give out free meals came from seeing a need during that time.

Jamie Schlanser says the event is only the beginning for the restaurant and they want to give back to the community outside of the holidays too.

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