For one day only, 100 Michelin-star restaurants are hosting a ‘pay what you can day’
A simple idea born during the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a global movement designed to make fine dining more accessible.
In Mexico City, the Michelin-starred restaurant Masala y Maíz created “Paga Lo Que Puedas,” or Pay What You Can, as a one-off experiment. But after massive success, husband-and-wife co-founders Norma Listman and Saqib Keval made it a recurring event every year on August 26.
Last year, 20 other Mexico City restaurants joined in. Today, for this year’s Pay What You Can Day, 100 other restaurants from 14 countries will join Masala y Maíz in the offering.
Why is this good news? Masala y Maíz’s initiative began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when household finances were strained, and unemployment had reached historic highs. Listman and Keval demonstrated that a “pay what you can” model could succeed even within the world of Michelin-starred dining — challenging the notion that exceptional food and hospitality should be reserved for those who can afford it.
An 8-year-old asked NYC Mayor Mamdani to reopen his local playground — it inspired a $2.3 million initiative
McKinley Park in Brooklyn had been closed for almost two years and 8-year-old Maxime recorded a video asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to reopen it. A couple of weeks later, it did.
It even inspired an entirely new city initiative, dubbed the “Renew Crew,” to fix small but highly visible problems in city parks quickly.
A 24-member team of plumbers, painters, electricians, and other tradespeople will carry out repair and maintenance jobs that typically get caught up in lengthier capital-project timelines. It aims to have the projects completed in three weeks or less.
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