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SALT LAKE CITY – More than a year since the start of the pandemic, many restaurants are still struggling to make up for revenue and staffing lost during the previous year. But a new fund announced Tuesday could offer some relief to hard-hit food establishments across the U.S. The restaurant and bar industry got slammed, said Michele Corigliano, executive director of the Salt Lake Restaurant Association.
Corigliano said since the start of the year, restaurants have been picking up quite considerably. But, she added, that doesn t really translate into restaurants being back on their feet.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will provide $28.6 billion to restaurants across the country. The money comes from the American Rescue Plan signed into law March 11. Registration for the fund opens Friday. The Small Business Administration will begin accepting applications next Monday.
| Updated: April 14, 2021, 3:56 a.m.
In the early days of the pandemic, Mark Alston, the owner of The Bayou, purchased $3,000 worth of equipment that would allow his Salt Lake City bar to bottle and sell draft beer to go.
Sales of the sealed containers were brisk, he said, until last week when bars and restaurants across the state received a letter from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control saying sales of “beer to go” would no longer be allowed except in a few instances.
The DABC is taking away “an important lifeline” for bars and restaurants, Alston told The Tribune. “At a time when to-go sales are mission-critical, it’s like cutting off one leg of a three-legged stool.”
| Updated: April 14, 2021, 3:56 a.m.
In the early days of the pandemic, Mark Alston, the owner of The Bayou, purchased $3,000 worth of equipment that would allow his Salt Lake City bar to bottle and sell draft beer to go.
Sales of the sealed containers were brisk, he said, until last week when bars and restaurants across the state received a letter from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control saying sales of “beer to go” would no longer be allowed except in a few instances.
The DABC is taking away “an important lifeline” for bars and restaurants, Alston told The Tribune. “At a time when to-go sales are mission-critical, it’s like cutting off one leg of a three-legged stool.”