It’s been a long, hard pandemic for restaurants. Michigan has banned indoor dining at restaurants twice to try and slow the spread of coronavirus once at the beginning of the pandemic and again in November. The second ban is still in effect through at least January 15.
Tracy and Matt Godbold, co-owners of The Rusty Nail in Carson City in mid-Michigan s Montcalm county. The Godbold s moved to Michigan from Arizona to take ownership of the restaurant in 2019.
Credit Courtesy of Matt Godbold / Courtesy of Matt Godbold
With public health restrictions limiting their business for much of the past year, restaurants have struggled to stay open for business. A December study from Top Data and Zenreach indicates spending at restaurants at the end of 2020 declined 11% from January of last year.