亚利桑那州Chandler希腊餐厅一条视频走红：顾客排到门外，众筹逾2.1万美元送到72岁店主手中
一条短视频，把位于美国亚利桑那州马里科帕县Chandler市的家庭餐厅Greek's Grill推到了排队等位的地步。据多家媒体报道，这家餐厅由72岁的Fred Najour自2010年经营至今，已开业16年，此前经营艰难、勉强维持；本地创作者Robert Schrott（网名Robby）到店用餐后把餐厅的故事发上社交平台，视频迅速走红，顾客开始在门口排队，Schrott发起的众筹最终筹得逾2.1万美元，并已以支票形式送到Najour手中。
据The AZ Insider对Schrott的采访，他此前从未到过这家餐厅，是在一位关注者的建议下第一次上门。Schrott说，Najour向他坦言餐厅曾经生意不错、如今只能勉强撑着，而且Najour本人并不用社交平台。Schrott把到访拍成视频发上网，按他接受采访时的说法，视频在Instagram上12小时内就获得约100万次观看，TikTok上另有80多万次；他后来在Johnjay and Rich节目中说，两平台合计观看已超过250万次。
视频传开后，店里几天内客流大增。据Sunny Skyz报道，顾客在餐厅门外排起队，Najour的儿子Nathan不得不打电话叫人来帮忙，Nathan的好友Anthony Cyrus也赶来洗碗、端菜。报道还称，Najour起初根本不知道Schrott是谁、也不知道TikTok是什么。Schrott在节目采访中说，Nathan此前还打着第二份工，帮父亲支付员工工资。
众筹由Schrott在GoFundMe上发起，筹款页写明他与Nathan合作把款项交给Najour，款项用于帮餐厅渡过难关。据The AZ Insider报道，截至11月9日，筹款页显示已筹16,862美元、目标为18,000美元，另有一位关注者单独给出1,000美元现金；11月11日的多篇报道称总额已超过19,000美元。本地电视台12News随后报道，Najour已收到一张20,000美元的支票，本轮捐款总额超过21,000美元。这家餐厅位于North Alma School路610号26室，地处Waterfall Shopping Center。
A Viral Video Saves Chandler Greek Restaurant: Customers Line Out the Door, More Than $21,000 Raised for Its 72-Year-Old Owner
A short video has sent Greek's Grill, a family restaurant in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona, to lines-out-the-door popularity. According to multiple reports, the restaurant has been run since 2010 by Fred Najour, 72, and after 16 years in business it was struggling to stay afloat. Local creator Robert Schrott, who posts as Robby, visited for a meal and shared the restaurant's story on social media. The video spread quickly, customers began lining up outside, and a fundraiser Schrott started ultimately raised more than $21,000, delivered to Najour by check.
In an interview with The AZ Insider, Schrott said he had never eaten at the restaurant before and went for the first time at a follower's suggestion. He said Najour told him the business once did well but was now barely getting by, and that Najour himself was not on social media. Schrott posted a video of the visit; by his account at the time of that interview, it drew about a million views on Instagram within 12 hours and more than 800,000 on TikTok. He later said on the Johnjay and Rich show that combined views across the two platforms had passed 2.5 million.
Within days of the video spreading, business surged. Sunny Skyz reported that customers lined up outside the restaurant, that Najour's son Nathan had to call in extra help, and that Nathan's friend Anthony Cyrus showed up to wash dishes and run food to tables. Reports also said Najour at first had no idea who Schrott was, or what TikTok was. In his radio interview, Schrott said Nathan had been working a second job to help his father pay the staff.
Schrott organized the fundraiser on GoFundMe; the campaign page says he is working with Nathan to deliver the funds to his father, to help keep the restaurant going through its difficult stretch. The AZ Insider reported that by November 9 the page showed $16,862 raised toward an $18,000 goal, with a separate $1,000 cash contribution from a follower. Reports on November 11 put the total above $19,000. Local station 12News then reported that Najour had received a $20,000 check, with donations topping $21,000 in all. The restaurant is at 610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 26, in Chandler's Waterfall Shopping Center.
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图片来源：资料图：一份希腊烤肉（gyros）拼盘，Haydn Blackey摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons，已裁为1600×900，彩色；非涉事餐厅实拍、非该店出品画面。/ File photo: a gyros platter (photo by Haydn Blackey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons), cropped to 1600x900; not a photo of the restaurant or of its own dishes.
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