It's a small gesture, but awful nice none the less. AZ QB Kurt Warner always pays for another tables meals when he's out to eat with his family...
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Warner picks up dinner tab for 20 Steelers fans
Cardinals QB continues tradition, even during Super Bowl week
The Associated Press
updated 5:55 p.m. CT,Sat., Jan. 31, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. - Warner and wife, Brenda, have a family tradition of picking up the check for another table whenever they eat out. The Arizona quarterback didnt let team allegiances get in the way.
While dining Friday night at The Cheesecake Factory in Tampa, the Warners selected a group of 20 Pittsburgh Steelers fans and paid for their meal. Warners Arizona Cardinals play the Steelers for the Super Bowl title on Sunday.
We started doing that when we were in St. Louis and the manager would always give us our meal for free whenever we ate out, Brenda Warner said earlier Friday. I had been a single mother living on food stamps at one time who couldnt ever afford to eat out, and I never understood why people give free meals to people who can afford them.
The Warners started a tradition of allowing their seven children to pick one family in the restaurant, and they try to quietly pay that tables tab before slipping out the door.
Its gotten to be part of a game with the kids, Brenda Warner said. Theyll say Oh, that family has a lot of kids, dinner must be expensive. Or They look old, maybe its hard for them to afford eating out a lot. We try to be discreet about it, because we dont want people trying to get picked.
For anyone curious, Warner had the Old Fashioned Burger (with bacon) and a lemonade, while Brenda Warner had the Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp.
