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After a really rough year, and many more restaurant closings than in a normal year, one reality TV show expert is predicting a bright future, in the coming months (at least), for restaurants and bars.
I heard Jon Taffer from the Paramount Channel s Bar Rescue Show on a podcast, and he s an optimist. But given how many restaurants he has bailed out of big trouble, you can t be surprised.
He talked about being in Las Vegas and people flocking from California, as the demand is growing. You would think something similar was happening here when Indiana was more open late last year than Michigan, and many were going over the border to be able to go to restaurants. Now with the vaccination levels in Michigan inching above 50%, and with promises of expanded occupancy at higher vaccination levels, the same could happen here.
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Apr 27, 2021
Jon Taffer, Host and Executive Producer of Bar Rescue, spoke with Brian Kilmeade about how extending unemployment benefits is causing an employee shortage for businesses across the country. Taffer believes once restaurants are allowed to return to 100% capacity, which he believes will be by the summer, we will see a roaring 20’s boom in the industry. Taffer also spoke about some of the covid protocols for restaurants that he feels will stay once the pandemic is over such as facemasks in kitchens, hand sanitizer stations and curbside delivery.
Season 8 of Bar Rescue premiers premieres on Sunday, May 2 at 10 p.m. ET on Paramount Network
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Saturday afternoon Meg and I retreated to my couch. I offered for her to spend outside on my deck, she looked at me and said yeah but it s probably cold by now. She was right. My bottom level deck only gets sunshine in the morning, then by Noon it s all shade basically. Even though it was beautiful out, we were happy to start relaxing on my couch. What to watch what to watch on a Saturday April afternoon? For us, it was golf. Years ago we weren t that into watching it, but now that we have so many friends who are both diehard golf fans and players, Meg and I have more fun watching it. Then the round of golf became much more interesting when we saw alligators so close to the golfers not just once, but twice! I couldn t believe it. That one picture I took where the golfer is only a few feet away from the gator, and the gator seemingly didn t really care? It just kept reminding me of all the BEARS around me here in V