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Tyler restaurant owner talks challenges of opening at full capacity
RESTAURANTS STRUGGLE By Erin Wides | April 8, 2021 at 10:07 AM CDT - Updated April 8 at 12:44 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Like many other restaurateurs in Texas, the owners of East Texas Brewing Company want to operate their venue at full capacity but find doing so challenging due to a lack of workers.
Eating and drinking places are the largest component of the restaurant and foodservice workforce, according to the National Restaurant Association, and were projected to provide more than 12 million jobs during 2020. Because of the pandemic the National Restaurant Association says they finished 2020 nearly 2.5 million jobs below their pre-coronavirus level, about 20 percent. Annie Gilstrap, the owner of East Texas Brewing Company says when they first opened back up, with limited capacity, they didn’t need a large staff.