Flower buds are ready to burst, birds are gathering bits to feather their nests, and Vancouver bakery cases are filling up with pastel-colored and bunny-eared treats for Easter.
A wild year for restaurants in Clark County
Businesses found new ways to stay afloat as virus changed models, habits By Rachel Pinsky for The Columbian
Published: December 31, 2020, 6:02am
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Writing about food felt heavy in 2020. After the pandemic hit and precautions shut down restaurants, the nature of my beat shifted overnight. I went from writing stories about fun things like the best doughnuts in Vancouver to covering an unfolding catastrophe for restaurants.
I spent a lot of time searching for verbs other than “pivot” to describe the industry’s effort to survive as Gov. Jay Inslee issued and modified orders to combat COVID-19’s cruel spread.
goodies. we support them, but in that way, they also support us. we have unique access to some of these products because of what we do, because that s part of our values and part of our business model. dani is providing an incredible service. erin nelson head of seattle made, a local manufacturer s advocacy group. she sees an economic impact in what dani s doing. there s an exponential multiplier effect in terms of the amount of money that stays in the community when you are having local retail, local manufacturing, employing local staff. dani s expanded vision of shop local also extends to her neighboring storekeepers too. here at the pioneer square store, she opened the wall between her store and her next door neighbors. how s the week been so far? it s good. they both say commerce love being able to pass through from one place to the next. and at the capital hill store, there s a wide open passage way between her shop and the next door bakery. they let us use the w