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Haitian Pizza Joint Feeds 1,000 a Day, for Free

Muncheez has transformed from upscale eatery to lifeline

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2010 11:58 AM CST

(Newser) – A restaurant on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince is taking up the slack left by still-incomplete relief efforts and feeding 1,000 hungry and homeless Haitians a day—for free. Before the earthquake, Muncheez was a pizza joint too expensive for most people in the area.... Read full story »

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Haitian Pizza Joint Feeds 1,000 a Day, for Free

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