A guide to open-air dining in Central Arkansas @ The Corner Brian Chilson
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of outdoor dining. Last spring, around the same time restaurants started opening up with phased restrictions, studies started to come out suggesting that the coronavirus didn’t spread as easily outdoors. Restaurants already equipped with patios had an advantage, as many noted when driving past Hill Station’s lawn-style patio on Kavanaugh Boulevard last summer. Last June, the city of Little Rock announced an outdoor dining initiative allowing restaurants to expand outdoor dining into parking lots, sidewalks and lawns. Some restaurants started thinking outside the box.
âWe canât find the helpâ: Amarillo restaurant owners struggle to find employees
VIDEO: âWe canât find the helpâ: Amarillo restaurant owners struggle to find employees By Penny Kmitt | April 13, 2021 at 7:49 AM CDT - Updated April 13 at 1:08 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo restaurants say they are facing an extreme shortage of employees, speculating a combination of unemployment, stimulus checks and fear of COVID-19 are the cause.
The Panhandle Restaurants Association says they are getting numerous calls from local businesses saying they cannot staff their restaurants.
âItâs the worst that I can remember seeing it,â said Kevin Hawkins, former president and current board member of the Texas Restaurant Associationâs Panhandle chapter. âTheyâre putting hire signs out and theyâre getting online and trying to hire and we just cant find the help to take care of the customers.â
Best Restaurants in Arkansas 2021
Best Restaurants in Arkansas 2021 Matthew Martin
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Arkansas Times’ Readers Choice restaurant contest. The issue went to press at a time when restaurants have, for just shy of one year, been faced with a pandemic and the necessary safety rules that have limited their customers. So, this year, we have a new category to join our traditional bests: Best Pandemic Dining. Our readers have praised Trio’s Restaurant and The Hive in Bentonville for keeping diners safely spaced. They’ve toasted Flyway Brewing and Superior Bathhouse Brewery in Hot Springs for their beer-to-go service. (A feature on Flyway, which also won Most Innovative, illustrates how it kept aloft.) They’ve recognized Star of India for its to-go packaging (and we give Sami Lal his due for his enduring success). Our readers found much to praise in restaurants from Fayetteville (Atlas and The Farmer’s Table Cafe)
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