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Hoping to help with food insecurity, one Alabama restaurant encourages you to pay what you can

For millions of Americans, hunger is a constant worry. At Drexell & Honeybee’s, a restaurant in Alabama, you won’t get a bill for your meal. Instead, there’s a donation box — diners drop in what they can.

Lisa McMillan, co-owner of the restaurant, joins us to explain the concept.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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