Barcelona Burger, Alino Pizzeria In Mooresville To Donate Over $71,000 To World Central Kitchen For Ukrainian Refugees

March 11, 2022

Brittney Melton,

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — The Barcelona Burger & Beer Garden and Aliño Pizzeria, located in Mooresville, will donate $71,861 to World Central Kitchen towards relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees after two fundraising days.

According to a news release, the total includes all revenue from The Barcelona Burger on March 8 and Aliño Pizzeria on March 9, a matching gift from the restaurants, plus a $5,000 gift from a friend of the restaurants.

“The message this week was, ‘Buy a good meal and help Ukrainian refugees.’ And many, many people came through,” Michal Bay, owner of both restaurants, says.

The World Central Kitchen, a non-profit founded by Chef José Andrés in 2010, is first to the front-lines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. The non-profit team is serving fresh meals to refugees in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania fleeing the war, with plans of expanding efforts into Moldova and Hungary.