Alpine Brauhaus is tucked away in a strip center off the Gulf Freeway and Nasa Parkway. On Friday, the restaurant was full with customers.
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Co-owner Nellie Godinez posted a tearful message to her followers after days of no customers at all.
"I don't get paid, I lost my house in Harvey and I owe quite a bit in rent," Godinez said.
After more than 4,000 shares and 250,000 views, word got out and they came.
"I'm going to cry all over again," she said.
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Her husband is acting as the bartender and her daughters are taking orders.
The woman who opened the original location on Telephone back in 1965, Nellie's 80-year-old aunt, still works the tables.
"She's very happy and she thought everyone had forgotten about her."
Perhaps for the first time on a Friday night, families inside the restaurant didn't mind a long wait for their table, food and beer.