Coliseum Loft Deli and Market owner fights to survive during pandemic: We re gonna lose our house, our car
and last updated 2020-12-15 07:55:27-05
RICHMOND, Va. The financial impact of COVID-19 has hit the restaurant community hard.
The owner of Coliseum Loft Deli and Market said he is fighting for his business to survive.
Abbas Jahangiri has been serving the Richmond community for 18 years. I love to make people happy, said Jahangiri.
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Eighty percent of his customers are VCU students.
Coronavirus has kept many of them off-campus and learning online.
Abbas is missing their presence. We don t have that much business. It s operating at 20 percent business, compared to the previous year,â he said.
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Richmond restaurant owner fears wave of closures this winter: The clock s ticking The next wave is going to hit. if something isnât done immediately.â
Richmond restaurant owner fears wave of closures this winter
and last updated 2020-12-09 18:15:03-05
RICHMOND, Va. For 10 years, diners filled F.W. Sullivans on West Main Street for a drink and a bite to eat. But Jake Crockerâs âsocial centerâ was no match for the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for social distancing.
Crocker temporarily closed his Fan District restaurant on March 16, the day before St. Patrickâs Day. Seven months later, his closure became permanent.