Upper West Side Restaurant To Offer Free Warm Meals Dec. 24

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Bánh, a Vietnamese restaurant located in the Upper West Side, is giving out free warm meals to New Yorkers in need on Christmas Eve.

On the restaurant's official Instagram page, the owners wrote:

We feel blessed to have been embraced so warmly by both the Vietnamese community in NYC and our Upper West Side community. We feel so humbled to see you guys lining up in front of the restaurant before we open and you keep us motivated to push ourselves.

No doubt 2020 has been tough for all of us. For our brothers and sisters in our own industry where many jobs have been lost, the recent reclosure of indoor dining has made it even tougher.

We want to give back to our city and to the workers and laborers who at times my be overlooked but contribute so much to the fabric of New York.

According to the restaurant, beginning at noon on Christmas Eve, it will host a "Cơm Nhà Giveaway" for anyone looking for a warm meal during these trying times.

"Cơm Nhà means to me the love my mom put into her meals, the family gatherings, the laughters we had at the dinner table. I hope to be able to spread some of this positive energy for this holiday season," one of the owners said on the social media page.

Volunteers will be on hand to serve food at the restaurant from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Cơm Nhà bento will include four courses served with rice and a side of hot soup. The restaurant will also serve its signature chicken pho.

Bánh is located at 942 Amsterdam Ave. in New York City.