For years, customers at Fat Smitty's hamburger restaurant have stuck personalised dollar bills to the eatery's walls and ceiling. Now the owner of the landmark diner - which sits on Highway 101 in Discovery Bay, Washington - has finally taken down the vast collection of banknotes and donated the cash to charity. Carl 'Fat Smitty' Schmidt struggled over his decision to remove the thousands of dollar bills that have slowly accumulated in his restaurant over the last quarter of a century. Made of money: Fat Smitty's manager Casey Carson (left) talks with customers Matt Organ and Tim Crawford last week. On Saturday the Discovery Bay, Washington, restaurant's vast collection of dollar bills totalling $10,316 was taken down
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Tradition at Fat Smitty's diner in Discovery Bay, Washington, was instigated by travelling salesman in 1985
Mr @placeholder took it over in 1983 and finally passed on the reins to Mr Carson two years ago.