At the Kaiserhof Restaurant and Wunderbar in Montgomery, Texas, you can get knackwurst served with sauerkraut, pan fried potatoes and German mustard for $11.95, the huhnerfrakasse (a creamed chicken dish with mushrooms, asparagus and rice) for $13.50, or the special of the day: the entire restaurant for $1.3 million.

Yes, Montgomery's only true German restaurant is up for sale, in part because the owner wants to help one of his employees to get medical help she and her family can't afford.

The story of Michael De Beyer's offer to sell his restaurant to defray 19-year-old Brittany Mathis's treatment for a brain tumor has spread quickly. First told on a local Houston TV station, De Beyer's announcement that he would sell his place in part to help his waitress and her family has been picked up by Yahoo! and other online news outlets as well as TV stations worldwide.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.