Without public help, and maybe even with it, more than 75 percent of American eateries may not reopen, says chef Tom Colicchio.
From New York to California, governments have told restaurant operators to shutdown their dining rooms to prevent to spread of the coronavirus. The orders have placed an untold number of workers on the unemployment line and cut off the primary source of revenue for restaurants.
According to a CNBC report, one chain executive urged the federal government to take action and support small businesses so they could remain afloat during the pandemic. “I think you’re really going to like what we’re doing,” Trump responded, according to an anonymous source in the CNBC story. The White House is working on an emergency stimulus package that would devote $300 billion to small businesses.It’s not clear how such money would help the restaurant industry, if at all.
Chef José Andrés talks about turning his restaurants into community kitchens. The organizers of the Change.org petition want more: They would like to see the government waive payroll taxes and set aside zoning restrictions “to allow restaurants to temporarily use their spaces as boutique food and beverage markets, offering an alternative to overcrowded supermarkets.
“I don’t care who you are, you don’t have the wherewithal to survive this and open up,” Colicchio said. “Let’s just say, if there’s a restaurant group that has 15 or 16 restaurants, I’d be surprised if all of them open up. Even large groups aren’t going to get through this unscathed.”
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