Waitress left US$100k in patron’s will
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A LONG-TIME patron at a New York steak house chalked up a surprising addition to his final tab: US$100,000, given to his favorite waitress and her niece.
Maureen Donohue-Peters, 53, got a call from a lawyer after Asian art collector Robert Ellsworth passed away, informing that her “something” had been left to her in his will.
“I said ‘Oh my God!’. I did not expect anything. He’s a very generous man, he’s always been good to everybody,” Donohue-Peters said about Ellsworth, a patron at Donohue’s Steak House for more than half a century.
Ellsworth left US$100,000 to be split between Donohue-Peters and her 28-year-old niece Maureen Barrie.
Donohue’s is an institution in Manhattan’s affluent Upper East Side and draws a loyal customer base.
“It’s a big extended family,” Donohue-Peters said.
Ellsworth was a renowned collector and seller of Asian art with a penchant for generosity.
He donated some US$22 million worth of Asian paintings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1986, according to local media. The New York Post estimated he had a fortune of around US$200 million.
Ellsworth was a customer at the steak house from the beginning, he befriended Donohue-Peters’ father after the restaurant opened in 1950, the waitress said.
He became close to Donohue-Peters when she took over in 2000, waiting tables at the same time.
“I would give anything to have him back. No amount of money can replace him,” Donohue-Peters said.
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