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6 Twin Cities food industry leaders sum up the year that was 2020


6 Twin Cities food industry leaders sum up the year that was 2020
By Rick Nelson and Sharyn Jackson • Star Tribune
December 16, 2020 11:04am
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The year of the pivot
Robb Jones, co-owner of the Minneapolis dive bar Meteor, used the bar s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money to purchase a hot dog roller and launch a food program during the first shutdown. That wasn t the bar s only reinvention. It toyed with opening a car wash in the parking lot, created a cocktail tasting menu, started selling slushie mixes and is now making cordials for cocktail kits.
Initially, I think everyone thought it would just be a couple of weeks, some sort of nationwide shutdown for a limited time frame and that the PPP would get everyone through that. So, we thought it would be kind of fun to do hot dogs. Then we did a tasting menu, which was hard for us to have business be consistent. ....

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Legislators pass COVID-19 relief package for businesses, workers


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The Minnesota Legislature late Monday night approved a COVID-19 relief package, providing aid to struggling businesses and extending unemployment insurance to workers whose benefits could dry up after the holidays.
The $242 million deal will funnel grants directly to bars, restaurants and entertainment venues that Gov. Tim Walz ordered closed for four weeks in mid-November as a second wave of COVID-19 cases hit the state.
It now goes to Walz, who said he supports the aid package.
Local governments will direct some funding to businesses in their communities hit hardest by the pandemic, while Minnesotans on unemployment insurance will see those benefits extended for another 13 weeks into April. ....

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