JAN 14, 1:26 PM

You Can Buy A Beer For A Furloughed Federal Employee With This New Website

Restaurants and bars in D.C. are coming to the aid of federal employees who are without work, whether it’s by handing out free meals or coffee or offering bar shifts to furloughed former bartenders, as The Passenger did last weekend. But not everyone can make such gestures, says Al Goldberg, owner of D.C. food incubator Mess Hall.

“We see people giving away sandwiches and things, and I love what The Passenger is doing,” he says. “But not everyone owns a bar, right? People are wondering ‘What can I do.'”

One answer, with the help of the website he created with local food writer Nevin Martell, is to buy a furloughed friend a beer. Their Pay It Furloughed project allows people to donate money to a fund that federal workers can use to grab a beer at two D.C. breweries.
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