Chefs Stopping AAPI Hate Expands To-Go Dinner Series To San Francisco And Beyond forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chef Kevin Tien at the Wharf. Photograph courtesy of Moon Rabbit
When Moon Rabbit chef Kevin Tien saw the recent reports of elderly Asian Americans being attacked and even killed while going about their daily lives, he didn’t just see vicious hate crimes. He saw victims who could easily be his parents and grandparents, friends and colleagues.
“Since Covid started, we have chef friends in LA who’ve been threatened,” says Tien, an American of Vietnamese descent. “Even talking to my staff who’re Asian in background, they are scared walking around in public because of these random attacks. Everyone is worried about their mom and grandmas.”
Plus: Silver Spring woman brings food trucks to neighborhood; Carousel at Glen Echo Park celebrating 100th anniversary Bethesda Beat Staff |
February 17, 2021
Escalator improvements planned at Metro stations
WMATA is planning to replace 130 escalators at Metro stations through a $179 million, seven-year contract, awarded to KONE, beginning in May 2021.
The stations on the list include Rockville (two escalators), Silver Spring (five escalators) and Medical Center (two escalators) [WMATA]
Silver Spring woman brings food trucks to neighborhood
Kyley McGeeney has been helping food trucks get more business by having them set up in a Silver Spring neighborhood.
She has been contacting restaurants, then getting the word out among local residents. [NBC 4]
Food Trucks on Demand February 17, 2021, 8am PST | James Brasuell |
Neighborhood visits are offering food trucks in the D.C. region a rare bright spot during a financially difficult time, according to an article by Nevin Martell.
The example of Kim Gandy, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland illustrates the concept. Gandy, with the help of some collaborators, sent a survey to a neighborhood listserv to gauge interest in a regular appointment with a D.C. food truck. The interest has been profound on both sides of the equation residents and food truck operators. Between last September and January, Money Muscle BBQ earned almost equal revenue from doing neighborhood visits with their food truck as they did from selling on Uber Eats, reports Martell. They sell food on the delivery app five days a week, while only booking one or two food truck outings per week.