Mexican Restaurant Gives Away Meals to Frontline Staff of Two Hospitals in Dallas

Brady Wood and Doctor Megan Wood, the owners of José, a modern Mexican restaurant in Dallas, with the restaurant's executive chef Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman continue their operations for a good cause--to provide meals for the frontline staff of two hospitals in Dallas.

The three devised a plan to effectively provide meals for free to the medical staff of two hospitals in Dallas by calling back their staff for work again.

Megan Wood helped train medical workers at UT-Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital. She knows the daily struggle of every hospital staff. It was empathy that inspired her to help provide meals to the staff of the two hospitals in Dallas.

Every day, they make tacos. They asked some of their staff to come in for work and make them. Quiñones-Pittman calls the meals 'five hundred sack lunches.' A team of eighteen makes the meals five days a week, says an article.

The Meals

They started providing meals to medical staff on March 31. They prepared the meals from Monday to Friday.

The five hundred sack lunches include two tacos and salsa. The meals are in four varieties. Some of the food they put in the lunch packs are carnitas, beef Asada, and chicken Asada. They also do vegan.

The vegan taco is made with refried black beans and spiced cauliflower. They plan to do something different with the meals shortly.

(Photo: José on Facebook)

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Putting Notes on Every Lunch Sack

According to Quiñones-Pittman, they appreciate all of the efforts of the frontline workers to help with the COVID-19 crisis. She is happy to provide happiness through the meals they prepare for them.

The note they put in the lunch sacks says, "We appreciate everything you are doing. Stay healthy. Stay strong. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. From the la familia of José."

How Was the First Day?

On the first day, they put to work all of their morning staff. They started at approximately six-thirty o'clock in the morning. They were all rusty, trying to figure out how to make their plan work.

However, they still successfully made it through the day and prepared and pack the meals for the frontline staff of the two hospitals.

Motivation to Help the Frontline Staff of the Hospital

Every time their back hurts due to bending over too much, they just remember for whom they are doing the deed, and they get inspired to continue their work. The staff always reminds themselves of the sacrifices the frontline staff has to go through to help with the COVID-19 crisis and take care of patients with COVID-19. That thought fuels up their energies to finish their tasks and complete the meals for the two hospitals every day.