AP reports from Cincinnati that in the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il Posto Accanto have little choice but to pack up their traditional Italian cooking such as meatballs and pasta and send them out.
Across the United States, restaurateurs are transforming operations to try to survive. The National Restaurant Association warns the coronavirus outbreak could cost five to seven million jobs and hundreds of billions in losses and is pushing for a special federal relief package for restaurants. In an industry of traditionally tight profit margins, some decided that it’s time to take chances.
Frisch’s Big Boy restaurants, a Cincinnati-based chain that had laid off more than a third of its 5,000 employees in the first days of bans on in-restaurant dining, last week pivoted into the grocery business.
Westmont Diner in Westmont, New Jersey, has added it to carry-out options at 60 cents a roll, along with paper towels, soap, bleach and other household needs.
With the number of states with stay-at-home orders growing, some restaurateurs decided to shut down.
Some fine-dining restaurants unused to carryout are even trying a scaled-down menu at bargain prices.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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