Ann stayed at the school until her daughter graduated eighth grade. “Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she says. “It took a year to go through a double mastectomy, chemo, and radiation. The teachers were so supportive that I decided to do something for them.”
Lou Rodarte, Alice Waters, Ann Colleary Rodarte.
Ann Colleary Rodarte
When she was done with the cancer treatment, she contacted the principal to offer to do something for the teachers. The principal asked her to take over the gardens. She didn t know much about gardening but accepted. All the teachers wanted was to be able to see the garden from every classroom window. Ann’s first garden contribution happened during the school s remodeling around 2011.
Many business sectors were battered by the coronavirus pandemic, but there is broad agreement that hospitality was hardest hit and that low wage workers sustained some of the biggest blows. In February 2020, for instance, restaurant worker hours were up 2 percent over a previously strong period the year before; two months later those hours were cut by more than half.
While hours and wages have recovered somewhat, the industry remains hobbled by rules that most other businesses including airlines and retail stores have not had to face. The reasons point to a sadly unfortunate reality that never changed: indoor dining, by nature of its actual existence, helped spread the virus.
Dwayne Allen
The Breadfruit and Rum Bar in downtown Phoenix closed shortly after dine-in service was halted in March 2020.
March 19 will mark one year since the pandemic forced The Breadfruit and Rum Bar in downtown Phoenix to close. At the same time, the Chicago Hamburger Company, another locally owned independent restaurant saw sales plummet 65%.
Over the past year, KJZZ has been checking in with both restaurants. In this report, Christina Estes shares how the pandemic has changed the business owners professionally and personally.
The Breadfruit And Rum Bar
Six weeks after Arizona s governor declared an emergency, anxiety filled the voice of The Breadfruit co-owner Danielle Leoni: “I don’t think I’m going to make it. I don’t think I can make it.”
Three Arizona chefs talk about future of the industry and how Congress can help
ABC15 recently sat down with Danielle Leoni, who owns The Breadfruit and Rum Bar in downtown Phoenix, Stephen Jones, who owns The Larder + The Delta in Phoenix, and Chris Bianco, who owns Pizzeria Bianco, Bar Bianco, Tratto, and Pane Bianco.
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PHOENIX â On a front porch in downtown Phoenix, three of Arizona s most prominent chefs take a seat for a candid conversation about the restaurant industry, the support that they feel restaurateurs still need, where the industry is now, and most importantly, what it may look like on the other side of the pandemic.