A restaurant that is making it

The restaurant business is well-known for being a very difficult business in which to succeed. But there's a restaurant in Mount Dora, Fla., that has a very unique business model: it accepts donations and prayer requests as payment. There are no set prices for the dishes on the menu. There are just small wood boxes with slit openings for donations.

So far, according to an article in the Orlando Sentinel, things are going well for Gary Hagen's Hollywood Cheesecake Cafe:

Hagen said he attracted 6,000 customers in nine weeks.

'So, guess what? The bills got paid,' he said. 'Everything's been paid for.'

Hagen's menu includes a long list of gourmet-style sandwiches as well as salads, omelets, pancakes and a wide variety of cheesecakes. His restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch daily. On Fridays and Saturdays, he serves dinner too.

Hagen had prices on his menu when he first launched the restaurant.

'I was thinking it's just a restaurant,' he said.

But then Hagen said he became enlightened.

'God told me to take the prices off the menu, and that it was to show people we are not in control of our lives -- he is,' Hagen said.

Hagen plans on opening another restaurant in nearby Eustis in the coming months.