J.J. Watt taco? See why it's the top item at New York restaurant

When several transplanted Houstonians in New York approached the owners of Avenida Cantina, a Tex-Mex restaurant in the East Village, about hosting a fundraiser for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, they figured they would be lucky to get 80 of their friends to attend.

But on Thursday night, upwards of 200 twenty-somethings and their pals packed the small restaurant to support the cause.

They raised nearly $2,500 to send to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, established by Mayor Sylvester Turner, and the American Red Cross.

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