Local comedian hands out $13,000 in tips to workers at UWS bar

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Sunday, February 14, 2021
Local comedian hands out $13,000 in tips to workers at UWS bar
Robyn Schall wanted to do something nice for hard-working New Yorkers struggling to get by in the pandemic.

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A local comedian handed out some huge tips on Thursday to workers at Lilly's Cocktail and Wine Bar on the Upper West Side.

Robyn Schall wanted to do something nice for hard-working New Yorkers struggling to get by in the pandemic.

Schall asked her many social media followers to donate money, and they came through with $13,000 She divvied up the funds and handed out big checks to some very stunned workers.

After all that, Schall still had $100 left, so she walked around the corner to a pizza place, and spread the love there as well.

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