last friday robert godard, a regular customer left a $2,000 tip. >> i didn't believe it and then went back to him at the table and said, is this correct? and he goes, yeah, i want to leave that for the staff. >> he goes, look and he showed me the tab and i was like, there's hope. >> reporter: godard said things were changing so quickly around covid-19 it was a spur of the moment decision. >> it was very spontaneous. i just decided to do it. it was my way of sort of plugging us. >> reporter: the tip was split between 25 staff members and included dishwashers, servers and bussers. livelihoods are now drastically different. >> it's pretty scary. i'm already thinking like should i go into a different field because i might not have a job. >> reporter: like many other restaurants, they are offering to-go services and running a coffee kiosk in their parking lot. >> people want to make sure their favorite places will be around. we need to support now. >> reporter: in mill valley, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> mike, i like to see that. you know, just someone doing what they can. and maybe we