When Alvin Ward saw a video of a disturbance at the Waffle House in Morganton, he knew he had to paint the scene.
The 24-hour restaurant chain has a reputation for being the site of fights and disturbances, and viral videos that capture the moment.
The Morganton Waffle House on South Sterling Street was the scene of one such fracas recently.
A Facebook video of a fight at the Morganton restaurant was posted at about 2:15 a.m. on March 8 by Mimi Anderson. About a week later, the video had been viewed more than 311,000 times.
The video shows a woman in the restaurant yelling at an employee. She tries to climb over the Waffle House counter and throws various items at an employee. At one point, a trash can was thrown at the woman, the video shows.