Help wanted! Utah restaurants can’t find enough employees to meet demand. Kathy Stephenson © Trent Nelson (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Blake Harmon, owner of Curry Up Now in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Utah restaurants and bars are having a difficult time finding employees. Curry Up Now, for example, has 10 open positions from kitchen manager to bartender to dishwasher.
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Blake Harmon has spent more than a month trying to recruit 10 new employees from managers and line cooks to dishwashers and servers for his restaurants in Salt Lake City and Midvale.
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SALT LAKE CITY â With the announcement that Honestly, I feel so much hope for the first time in a year, said Katie Rae Curtis, manager of Farmington based restaurant Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar. We ve seen little progress, but I feel excited. I get chills talking about it.
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guidelines restaurants in Salt Lake and Davis counties can now operate at full capacity, with six-foot distancing and masks still required in waiting areas and when patrons get up from their tables. Moderate level is a huge step in the right direction to get the restaurant industry on the road to recovery, said Melva Sine, President and CEO of the Utah Restaurant Association.
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