RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- As the nation enters the second week of this government shutdown, now the ninth-longest in U.S. history, one Richmond restaurant is finding a creative way to lift spirits -- both figuratively and literally.

"Times are hard, life is difficult, life is beautiful, life is strange," said owner and chef of TBT El Gallo, Carlos Ordaz-Nunez. "We just wanted to make things a little bit better."

Ordaz-Nunez said this is why the local Mexican-owned bar and taqueria restaurant is offering a happy hour on certain drinks every hour, until the shutdown ends.

"We said, ‘Let’s do a $6 highball and make an affordable drink program -- every single hour of the day that this shutdown is happening," he said. • TBT El Gallo in Richmond. (Photo: 8News) • TBT El Gallo in Richmond. (

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