Owner With Down Syndrome Runs ‘World’s Friendliest Restaurant’

Meet the owner and operator of the “world’s friendliest restaurant,” Tim’s Place. Tim Harris, who was born with Down Syndrome, knew from his teenage years that he wanted to be a restaurateur when he grew up, and he never backed down from his dream — even in spite of his disability. “We serve breakfast, lunch, and hugs,” Tim says. Although the Tim’s Place menu boasts some delicious-sounding meals, like the “Happy Day Breakfast,” and “Tim’s Olympian Breakfast,” Tim insists that hugs are the best thing he serves. “The hugs are way more important than the food,” he says. “The food is just food!”