Soup Kitchen in Morningside Heights Gets a $1,100 Caviar Donation

December 29, 2009 5:27pm Updated December 31, 2009 7:26amcommentprint

Chef MIchael Ennes and his volunteer staff at Broadway Community Inc., a soup kitchen in Morningside Heights, served a holiday meal including blinis topped with donated caviar. (Jon Schuppe/DNAinfo)

By Jon Schuppe, DNAinfo.com
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Humorme: You make a good point. I asked that very question and was told that it is not legal to sell donated food. Ennes himself said today that he would have rather had the $1,100, but "when you get caviar, you make blinis." Thanks for reading, and for commenting. -Jon Schuppe
jonschuppe | December 30, 2009

I am astounded that this soup kitchen did not do the math and figure that if they sold this can they could have fed the homeless for many weeks. What is decadent meal compared to many good filling meals. It seems terribly wasteful to me.
Humorme | December 30, 2009

Jon -- Nice to see DNAinfo scaling up so quickly. Thanks for covering the caviar story. While many of the regulars at Broadway Community's soup kitchen may not love caviar, they will be able to end 2009 knowing that the finer things in life aren't always reserved for Wall Street fat cats. One lesson we've learned during the Great Recession of 2009 is that even our family members and co-workers are just a few paychecks or one catastrophic illness away from financial ruin. Programs like Broadway Community go to great lengths to treat their guests with dignity. I'm thrilled you recognized their efforts. My wife, Maureen, was pleased to meet you at the kitchen and even more happy when she saw she had been quoted! Happy new year.
DaveArmon | December 29, 2009

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