The popular eatery and the special sign
LIBERTY – Rich Hering, owner of Mister G’s Restaurant on Sullivan Avenue in Liberty, wanted to do something to honor the nation’s war veterans and he came up with an idea that he believes is one of a kind.
We have all seen parking spots at shopping centers and restaurants for the handicapped, and even for senior citizens and expectant moms. But, as far as Hering knows, no one has a reserved spot for a combat veteran.
With that in mind, he has created a spot prominently located in the parking lot of his popular eatery.
“The irony is we could be full here at the restaurant and that spot will be empty and people are honoring it, not parking there and leaving it open for somebody who is combat wounded,” he told Mid-Hudson News.
Hering reflects on one incident in which a man came into the restaurant recently and asked to speak with the owner.
“He said, ‘I just want to tell you, I have never seen that before and what an honor it is,’ and he started crying because we would honor the combat veterans in that way,” Hering said.
The restaurateur said he wanted to acknowledge and honor those who serve and are wounded and he suggested shopping centers and other retail and public establishments consider doing the same.
