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Diners enjoying lunch when the Boston Marathon bombings went off are making good on the checks they were forced to run out on.
Tony Castagnozzi, owner of Rattlesnake Bar and Grill on Boylston Street, a few blocks from the blasts, said he has received a flood of calls from customers wanting to give their credit card details as well as checks in the mail since the terror attack.
'I was speechless. ... You see there are so many good people out there. It makes you feel good,' Castagnozzi said.
He was happy to write off the expense given the situation, but he's already recouped more than $1,200 of what was owed - with cash flowing in from all around the country.
Patrons from Florida, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and across Massachusetts have settled up with the restaurant.
'It's the right thing to do, isn't it? At least in my mind it is,' David Christmas, a 16-year Boston Marathon veteran told the Herald. He sent in $50 to cover his $35 bar tab and a tip.
The other stand-up diners have added generous tips as well for the waitresses who were left emotionally scarred from the blasts and without one of their biggest paydays of the year.
'They didn't expect anything,' Castagnozzi told the Herald. 'Marathon day is our busiest day of the year. And they work hard. So they were pleasantly surprised.'
A handful of customers who were evacuated from the Charlesmark Hotel have also settled up their tabs since the blasts, the Herald reported.
Tony Castagnozzi, owner of Rattlesnake Bar and Grill on Boylston Street, a few blocks from the blasts, said he has received a flood of calls from customers wanting to give their credit card details as well as checks in the mail since the terror attack.
'I was speechless. ... You see there are so many good people out there. It makes you feel good,' Castagnozzi said.
He was happy to write off the expense given the situation, but he's already recouped more than $1,200 of what was owed - with cash flowing in from all around the country.
Patrons from Florida, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and across Massachusetts have settled up with the restaurant.
'It's the right thing to do, isn't it? At least in my mind it is,' David Christmas, a 16-year Boston Marathon veteran told the Herald. He sent in $50 to cover his $35 bar tab and a tip.
The other stand-up diners have added generous tips as well for the waitresses who were left emotionally scarred from the blasts and without one of their biggest paydays of the year.
'They didn't expect anything,' Castagnozzi told the Herald. 'Marathon day is our busiest day of the year. And they work hard. So they were pleasantly surprised.'
A handful of customers who were evacuated from the Charlesmark Hotel have also settled up their tabs since the blasts, the Herald reported.
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