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Michigan Restaurant Offers Lonely Diners a Free Thanksgiving Meal

In the tiny Detroit suburb of Northville, George Dimopoulos is known for his unlikely Thanksgiving tradition.

Every year for the last decade, he has invited people who are homeless or alone on Thanksgiving Day to his restaurant, George's Senate Coney Island for a meal — free of charge.

Outside Northville, however, the tradition was largely unknown. That was until a Reddit user uploaded a photo last week of a handmade sign advertising the free dinner that was placed on the restaurant's front window. The picture has since been viewed nearly five million times.

Dimopoulos says that he never expected to garner such attention for what he said was a "normal" gesture.

"It makes my heart feel good to do it, and help a little bit," he said. 

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