"Every time somebody donates something, I start crying."
-- Kathy Smart
For the past 20 years, Minnie’s Beach Cafe has provided a family-friendly atmosphere during breakfast and lunch hours on Anna Maria Island on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
“It’s kind of like ‘Cheers,’ ” co-owner Kathy Smart said, the TV show where everyone knows your name.
But the Holmes Beach restaurant at 5360 Gulf Dr. is in danger of closing.
Construction, COVID-19 loan repayments, hurricane loss and an owner’s health led co-owner Kathy Smart to post a GoFundMe seeking to save the restaurant that started in 2004.
Smart said she didn’t want the GoFundMe at first. But in three days, Minnie’s campaign hit the target goal of $20,000 to “catch us up on everything.”
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