Savannah restaurant groups waiting to see what impact they will feel from pandemic-related unemployment benefits stopping By Sean Evans | May 13, 2021 at 5:21 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 1:26 AM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - In recent months weâve heard from Savannahâs tourism and hospitality industry about a workforce shortage, with some pointing out pandemic-related unemployment benefits as being one of the root causes.
WTOC talked with restaurant groups, owners and local tourism industry leaders about what effect they think this halt in federal unemployment benefits will have in the Hostess City.
One common answer weâve heard to that question is, itâs too early to tell, and that the workforce shortage issue is complicated with no quick fixes.
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It all started back in 2017, when a group of bakers from Atlanta came together to create something delicious.
The “Cookie Grab, as they named it, was created to raise awareness and support for Planned Parenthood Southeast. Over the past four years, the Cookie Grab has sold out at record speed, raising more than $110,000 for the local nonprofit.
In Savannah, chefs have been baking cookies with a purpose since 2019. Many of our local chefs and pastry makers joined forces to raise funds and awareness for Planned Parenthood and chef and pastry maker, Natasha Gaskill, has been a part of the project since its conception.
Those of us who live just south of Victory Drive were certainly saddened when Atlantic became a COVID collateral closure this past summer.
No one would dare blame owners Jason and Jennifer Restivo and partner Ida Rush George for choosing not to reopen their ‘neighborhood eatery’ in the thick of the pandemic, but that prudent decision left an overt void in a fabulously renovated space as well as our collective appetites.
Come the last week of March or the first week of April, eager eaters will be back at 102 E. Victory Drive when new owners Tyler and Kara Kopkas and Steve and Mary Paschall open the doors at Ardsley Station.