Businessman Picks Up Tabs at Pasta House, Tips Servers $500 Each [Video]

• A St. Louis businessman was so happy with the “normal” scene he witnessed in Pasta House, it led him to do something extra special.
• Jim Freeman had a wonderful feeling, an impulse that made him pay for the entire restaurant’s dinner service tab.
• He went a step further and left a $500 tip for each server.

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A St. Louis businessman’s random act of kindness leaves a restaurant in awe. Staff and customers at Pasta House were all shocked when Jim Freeman decided to pay it forward.

Jim went to pick up his to-go order at the Pasta House in Creve Coeur when he had a feeling. That overwhelming feeling led him to pay the tab for everyone in the restaurant.

What happened next shocked them even more.

“God says you’re supposed to pay it forward, so if you’re in a position to do that once in a while, why not,” Jim said.

Jim, who owns a contracting company, picked up spaghetti and meatballs, along with some pork chops, at the Pasta House. When he was about to pay, a feeling came over him.

“I turned around and everything looked normal for the first time in a long time,” Jim said. “I asked one of the gals if I could buy the restaurant dinner. I live here, it’s my community. Restaurant folks been hurting with COVID. It seemed like the right thing to do.”

The guests eating that time had no idea.

“I asked them not to tell them who bought dinner. I said, ‘Let’s just handle it,’ and I came on home and had my spaghetti and my pork chops,” Jim said.

Kelly Johnson, who worked at Pasta House for 20 years, said she was shocked when Jim left a $500 tip for each server.

“In all the years I’ve worked for Pasta House, this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this happen,” Kelly said.

Pasta House general manager Jeff Maddox couldn’t believe it either.

“That put a lot of smiles on a lot of people’s faces,” he said. “I mean, it was unbelievable the reaction and response we were getting from our guests last night.”

When asked how much he spent in total, he replied “Doesn’t really matter, does it?”

What a nice guy. You’ll be doubly rewarded.

Source: Fox 2 Now