Tim Harris, owner of Tim's Place, is perhaps the country's only restaurant owner with Down's Syndrome, and the joy he gets from serving people good food carries over into his diner's most famous export: hugs.

He even has a hug counter on the wall advertising the World's Friendliest Restaurant and recently boasting, "Over 31,814 Hugs Given."

Since Tim was 14 he has wanted to own a restaurant and his parents gave him the money to live his dream – managing a real diner.

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