INDIANAPOLIS — If you visit a Denny's on the south side of Indianapolis, you may already know the server with a unique way of bringing smiles to his customers.
Brian Pettigrew's incredible "receipt art" has become the talk of the town.
He's worked at the restaurant for about eight years, and he does so much more than serve food.
"I like to draw on (customer) receipts," Pettigrew said. "I try to just do it like real fast so ... I guess we're pretty busy here at Denny's.
He showed us one drawing that featured a little muscle car.
"Yeah, oh yeah. An old Camaro," he said.
A 13News viewer sent us some of Pettigrew's work recently and told us they used to bring their kids to the restaurant just to see Brian.
"Well, that's awesome," said Pettigrew. "Yeah, they were one of my favorite regulars that came in."
And it's not just receipt drawings for Brian. We saw some impressive works Pettigrew created in much larger formats. We asked him why he doesn't make it his full-time job. He said part of the answer is that he treasures his work at Denny's.
"I do. I really needed a job. I was let go from my last job and this is the first job I got after that," Pettigrew said.
Pettigrew talked about the "family feel" and the regular customers he's gotten to know.
"Every day. I have an eight-hour shift. I usually wait on maybe 12 to 15 regulars that come in and, you know, I know they're hungry, but I hope to hope they come in and ask for me and just see me on a daily basis, actually," he said.
And put a smile on their faces.
"I try to," said Pettigrew.
You'll see more of our visit with Pettigrew when you click on the video player, and check out some previous Good News stories in the links below.