UNION BEACH, N.J. (AP) – Jon Bon Jovi is sponsoring a community restaurant on the Jersey shore near his childhood home.

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is giving financial backing to the church project Spoon Full of Hope in Union Beach, near Bon Jovi’s hometown of Sayreville.

It lost its funding last summer.

Patrons can either pay a donation for a meal or give an hour of time working off the cost.

It’s similar to Bon Jovi’s community restaurant JBJ Soul Kitchen, which opened in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 2011.

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