Free Burgers For Life For Charles Ramsey, Cleveland Kidnap Rescuer

Charles Ramsey will have access to free burgers for life after he put his waiting Big Mac on hold to rescue three women and a child held for years in a Cleveland home by his neighbor Ariel Castro, it has been revealed.

And it’s not just one place giving Charles Ramsey free burgers for life — a few Cleveland eateries have stepped up to ensure the hero (who told Anderson Cooper immediately after that any reward money he earned should go to the kidnapping victims) never has to pay for a meal in their restaurants again.

Free burgers for life seems a fitting tribute for the man who seems to think that he was just doing what any person should do when faced with a potentially violent madman who enslaved three women (at least one for a decade) and kidnapped the daughter of a friend.

The free burgers for life tribute for Ramsey came initially from the owner of the restaurant in which Ramsey was working at the time of the dramatic Cleveland rescue. Chris Hodges created the tasty-looking Ramsey Burger, which he describes as an “8-ounce burger of Certified Angus Beef, with a secret sauce.”

Since, a local news source reports, far more restaurants in Northeast Ohio stepped forward with similar offers, and Cleveland.com names them:

“AMP 150 at the Marriott Cleveland Airport; Washington Place Bistro and Inn in Little Italy; Fahrenheit restaurant in Tremont; Market Garden Brewery, Bier Markt, Bar Cento and Nano Brew in Ohio City; Welshfield Inn in Troy Township; Hodges and Pura Vida in downtown Cleveland; 87 West at Crocker Park in Westlake; Orchard House restaurant in Brunswick; Flour restaurant in Moreland Hills, and the Allegheny Grille in Foxburg, Pennsylvania, have joined in the offer.”

Scott Kuhn of Driftwood Restaurant Group is Hodges’ partner, and he said of the free burger tributes to the Big Mac munching Charles Ramsey:

“We want to honor our local hero with local food … He stopped his meal midway through to help those women. We’re now making sure he has other opportunities to go out and fully enjoy his burger.”

Kuhn came up with the “Chuck Card,” made just for Ramsey, good for the duration of his life and at least a free burger per trip.

Kuhn adds: “I’m sure some places will give him more — maybe add fries and a soft drink — but that will be up to them.”

Do you think the least Cleveland can do is free burgers for life for Charles Ramsey’s heroics?