ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man who couldn’t pay a Valentine’s Day date restaurant bill as a teen has return to pay his debt — sixteen years later.

KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1abvdSY) that Matt Sanchez repaid owner Claus Hjortkjaer this month after the owner recently reopened his French restaurant Le Cafe Miche in Albuquerque.