A woman created a chipmunk restaurant on her front porch.

Chipmunk

Chipmunk

Food critic Angela Hansberger suffered a personal and professional blow when restaurants were shut due to the COVID-19 outbreak but spread some happiness when she provided a place to eat for the rodent outside her home in Georgia.

She told NBC's 'The Today Show': "I set it down on my front porch while I took the packaging to the recycle bin.

"When I walked back, there was a chipmunk sitting there like a little person. I gave him some nuts I had leftover from a holiday pie and he ate them. The next morning I did the same. He came every day, sometimes sitting at the empty table waiting for me."

Hansberger revealed that she was inspired to create chipmunk dishes to satisfy her furry guest.

She explained: "I began plating his dishes, learning about what was good and not good for a chipmunk diet and trying to make entrees using nuts, grains and fruit."