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The fries are frying and takeout is going out the door at Grill-A-Burger in Palm Desert.
But, they need more business. It s tough, you just don t know what is going to come down. Just when you think it s good news, it s not. One day you are open outdoors the other day you are not, said owner Salima Nurani.
Nurani and restaurant owners like her have been hit especially hard by state directives ordered in response to Covid-19.
Her business and staff are now half of what they usually are.