'It’s just very sad. We were just so ready to go.'
Helen Nguyen at event where she served Saigon Social soup. Photo: Pat Dunford/Saigon Social Last week, Helen Nguyen was gearing up to open Saigon Social, her Vietnamese restaurant two years in the making. Her menu was finalized, after testing dishes through pop-ups; the space was ready; staff was hired; and the gas was finally on. Then, as concerns over coronavirus started growing and more broadly affecting the industry and those who work in it, she took a step back and hit the brakes.
I was really devastated obviously, because — from fighting with the city to the whole 11 months fighting tooth and nail with Con Eidson — just getting this restaurant up and running was difficult. Then it was like, oh, finally we went through that really, really big hurdle, the landlord has been really supportive, and it was finally coming to life. But I sat there and realized I’ve never experienced anything like this.
When the first sickness there was reported, my friend and his siblings were really paranoid. But my friend said the people at the nursing home said they couldn’t get him tested “because he isn’t showing any symptoms, so it is against protocol right now.” Then there was a second person who got sick, and they were like, “okay now it’s really time.” But they were told, again, that they couldn’t because he wasn’t showing symptoms.
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