'The hits just keep coming': Portland restaurateur gets brutally honest about latest shutdown
Kurt Huffman, owner of ChefStable, said right now Portland is "the worst market in America to be a restaurant owner."
Author: Nina Mehlhaf
Updated: 7:41 PM PDT April 30, 2021
PORTLAND, Oregon — As 15 Oregon counties move into extreme risk, restaurants have closed their indoor dining rooms.
Kurt Huffman, the owner of Portland restaurant investment company ChefStable, joined KGW's live streaming digital show Sunrise Extra to talk about what what these new restrictions mean for the industry. ChefStable partners with chefs to design, build and operate restaurants. They take care of all the operational details to let the chefs focus on the food and quality. Huffman is in partnership with such restaurants as Grassa, Lardo, St. Jack, Cooper's Hall, La Moule, Oven and Shaker, Ox and XLB.