Beastie Boys' Mike D Fed 19,000+ Hurricane Sandy Victims Via Free Brooklyn Food Truck

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As if you needed another reason to like Mike D of the Beastie Boys. According to GOOD, Mike D (Michael Diamond) has dished out over 19,000 free meals to victims of Hurricane Sandy living in Brooklyn's Rockaway Beach via his Rockaway Plate Lunch food truck.

Mike D started the truck with restauranteuer Robert McKinley. The Beastie Boy explained how the idea came about to GOOD:

"Rob and I went out [to the Rockaways] very shortly after Sandy. We had no idea what was needed other than contractor bags, batteries, flashlights. So we loaded up Rob's car to the roof, and brought them out to Rockaway Surf Club. We saw right away all these people living without any power, without any businesses being open, and therefore, no food. We saw the immediate need for warm food, but we didn't have time to put together a long-term cohesive plan, we just had to react quickly. Rob comes from the hotel and restaurant business, and with myself, being involved in a couple of restaurants and just knowing all the friends in that world, we were able to draw on a bunch of these contacts and start bringing food out from restaurants in the city. But we quickly saw, to get a lot of people fed and to have something warm we needed a truck. So we went to Sam Talbot, the Breslin/Spotted Pig team, and the Fat Radish people and said 'hey, we're going to get this food truck going, but can you guys provide us with chefs and cooking expertise to execute this?' Thankfully, people were already looking for a way that people could be of service out there and this was a super grassroots, very direct way that they could."

The truck serves one meal: chicken, beans, rice and vegetables.

Mike says he wanted to give the victims something familiar and hearty. He plans to transition the truck into a low-cost paid truck that is run entirely by Rockaway residents.

Check out a video of the truck and leave love for Mike D in the comments: