Skip to content
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Menu
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Happy News

Manhattan Restaurant Owner Has Been Feeding And Sheltering Homeless People Every Week

On East 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, a Turkish restaurant owner named Ali Riza Dogan has been doing something quietly extraordinary for years: every Wednesday night at eight o’clock, regardless of weather, he heads to Chinatown to personally serve warm meals of lamb, chicken, and Mediterranean sides to people experiencing homelessness, and on cold nights he keeps the doors of Ali Baba Mediterranean Cuisine open overnight with a sign that reads: You can stay inside, the heat is on. Dogan has a personal reason to care that most restaurant owners do not. He arrived in the United States from Ankara as a young man who spoke no English, became lost on one of his first nights, and slept in the hallway of an abandoned building because he could not find his way to his family. He calls it a very bad memory he has never forgotten, and says it is exactly why he opens his doors.

Dogan opened his first Ali Baba location in 1997 alongside his father after beginning his American life as a dishwasher, and the restaurant has since become known for the meals and quiet dignity it extends to anyone who needs them without condition. In an April Instagram post, he put his philosophy simply: one plate of food means one human life, and every meal at Ali Baba becomes a warm meal for someone in need. He said he does not see it as charity but as humanity, and the post circulated widely, drawing responses from people as far as Canada offering to come serve food with him on a Wednesday. To many who have encountered his story, the handwritten sign in his window is the most understated possible expression of what one person can do when they decide they are not going to look away.

Source: https://www.today.com/food/people/nyc-restaurateur-offers-shelter-to-homeless-people-rcna331963

PrevPreviousPizza Huts 40-Year-Old Reading Program Is Back This Summer And Kids Can Earn Free Pizza
NextScientists Just Restored Memory In Alzheimers Models By Blocking One Protein And The Implications Are HugeNext

Recent Articles

Happy News

The FDA Fast-Tracked Psychedelic Medicines For Depression And PTSD

May 1, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration has fast-tracked three psychedelic medicines for review, issuing priority vouchers to companies studying psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, psilocybin for major depressive disorder, and methylone, a compound related to MDMA, for post-traumatic stress disorder, in a development that could put the first FDA-approved psychedelic medicines on

Read More
Happy News

Jurassic Park Star Sam Neill Is Cancer Free

May 1, 2026

Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who was diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer in 2022 and spent years managing the illness with chemotherapy, revealed this week that he is now completely cancer free after turning to a cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment when the chemotherapy stopped working. Neill, 78, best known for playing

Read More
Happy News

The Largest Measles Outbreak The US Has Seen In 35 Years Has Ended

May 1, 2026

South Carolina has officially declared an end to the largest measles outbreak the United States has seen in more than 35 years, with state health officials announcing this week that 42 days have passed without a single new confirmed case, the threshold required to declare an outbreak over. The outbreak,

Read More
« Previous Next »
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 HappyNews.