{"id":44800,"date":"2014-01-06T00:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=44800"},"modified":"2014-01-06T01:25:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:25:30","slug":"tim-harris-has-down-syndrome-and-his-own-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tim-harris-has-down-syndrome-and-his-own-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Harris has Down Syndrome&#8230; and his own restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Meet the owner and operator of the &#8220;world&#8217;s friendliest restaurant,&#8221; Tim&#8217;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 &#8212; even in spite of his disability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We serve breakfast, lunch, and hugs,&#8221; Tim says.&nbsp;Although the Tim&#8217;s Place <a href=\"http:\/\/timsplaceabq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TimsBreakfast.pdf\">menu<\/a> boasts some delicious-sounding meals, like the &#8220;Happy Day Breakfast,&#8221; and &#8220;Tim&#8217;s Olympian Breakfast,&#8221; Tim insists that&nbsp;<em>hugs&nbsp;<\/em>are the best thing he serves. &#8220;The hugs are way more important than the food,&#8221; he says. &#8220;The food is just food!&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y6He0FWoFj0\">Aol<\/a> featured this interview with Tim online:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6He0FWoFj0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tim looks forward to going to work every morning, and enjoys it so much that he does a dance in the parking lot on his way into the restaurant. &#8220;I am so excited to go to work, so I do a dance off in the parking lot. It&#8217;s a dance of magic,&#8221; he said. &nbsp;Tim said that his favorite part of owning his own business is &#8220;the people coming through the front door.&#8221; He greets his customers with a hug, especially when they look sad. He says that Tim&#8217;s Place is the &#8220;special place to be at,&#8221; because he operates it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&#8220;When I was a kid,&#8221; Tim shares, &#8220;I wanted to own a restaurant. So I asked my dad to help me out. I&#8217;m so glad I did.&#8221; Tim insists that people with Down Syndrome can&#8217;t let anything get in the way of their dreams: &#8220;I did not let my disability crush the dreams,&#8221; he says. &#8220;People with disabilities can do anything they set their minds to. They&#8217;re special. 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