The Arizona Republic

Lizzo buys lunch for health care workers

- Elizabeth Montgomery Elizabeth Montgomery is arts and culture reporter for The Arizona Republic, azcentral.com. Reach her at emontgomer­y@azcentral.com or 602444-8764. Follow her on Twitter @emontnews. Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com

If Lizzo’s “shinin’ everybody gonna shine,” and the pop star’s been paying it forward during the pandemic.

The “Good as Hell” singer apparently surprised health care workers at Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center with lunch on Monday.

In recent months, the Grammy winner has bought lunch for medical profession­als across the country who are working to combat the coronaviru­s in Detroit, Dayton, San Diego and now, it seems, Chandler.

Lizzo picked up the tab from Dilly’s

Sandwiches in Tempe, according to a social media post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. The catering fed 75 people.

‘We thank you Lizzo’

“We thank you Lizzo and we thank our hard working health profession­als,” the post said.

Dilly’s Tempe manager Salma Ortiz said they didn’t know the order was from Lizzo but workers were excited once the Arizona health care workers surprised with Dilly’s found out from a note on the order.

“The note said, ‘Tell them it’s from Lizzo,’” Ortiz told The Arizona Republic.

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“We’re such a tiny place I don’t know how she found us,“Ortiz said. “We really appreciate that she ordered from us and we were able to this.”

Lizzo is no stranger to making her mark in the Valley, in 2019 Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego declared Oct. 23 as the city’s Lizzo Day.

Lizzo has not responded to request for comment.

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COURTESY OF DILLY’S DELI Lizzo, a Grammy award-winning singer, bought lunch for Chandler health care workers from Dilly’s Sandwiches in Tempe.

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