The DePaulia
Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|January 10, 2021
The High Roads Kitchens Program is coming to Chicago with goals to obtain higher wages for restaurant workers, bring meals to those in need and help stabilize restaurants from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The program is a collaboration between RAISE High Road Restaurants, One Fair Wage and the City of Chicago. The program will give restaurants grants to help provide relief centered around three goals free community meals, job restoration and restaurant stability.
Grants ranging from $5,000 to $35,000 will be available to restaurants, pending they commit to serve a minimum of 500 free community meals provide a full minimum wage for tipped workers within five years and complete the RAISE High Road Restaurant Race and Gender Equity Toolkit and Training within nine months of qualifying for the grant.