The Soup Kitchen on Park Avenue

In 2019, a Manhattan restaurant called Rethink Food began collecting surplus meals from high-end kitchens along Park Avenue and delivering them to homeless shelters across the Bronx. Volunteers noticed something unexpected. The people receiving those meals — many sleeping in shelters, some battling addiction — would share their portions with newcomers who looked more frightened than hungry. They'd pull up chairs, make introductions, offer the kind of welcome you rarely find at a five-star table.…