JJ’s Restaurant fundraiser at the Uptown a big success
The room in the back of the Uptown Theater featuring the silent-auction items – which ranged from original artwork to an elaborate barbecue grill – was elbow-to-elbow last night as more than 1,200 people gathered to raise funds for the staff of JJ’s Restaurant. The Plaza fixture was destroyed after a gas line blew up February 19.
“The auction was a phenomenal success,” says co-organizer Jim Ligon, who was a popular bartender at JJ’s until the February 19 explosion. A portion of the fundraising profits will be donated to the recently established Megan Cramer Foundation for the Arts, in honor of the JJ’s server killed in the blast.
