Milwaukee-area operators seek help through hiring events
Nearly 30 East Side establishments to hold job fair this weekend
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Bars and restaurants in Milwaukee’s East Side neighborhoods are making a collective push to address an industry-wide obstacle: hiring workers.
Almost 30 establishments will participate in the Greater East Side Restaurant & Bar Job Fair, taking place this weekend at Casablanca restaurant on Brady Street.
The event is being put on by the Brady Street, East Side, and Downer Avenue Business Improvement Districts to help operators staff up as business returns to pre-pandemic levels.
“We’re excited to see people starting to come out again, but these business owners are struggling to find staff to meet operational demands,” executive directors Rachel Taylor (Brady Street BID) and Liz Brodek (East Side and Downer Ave BIDs) said in a news release. “Our jobs are to help our stakeholders, and this seemed like a natura
Braving the cold: Many restaurants add outdoor structures to survive winter
Local operators invest in tents, domes and greenhouses to keep diners happy
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Last updated on December 15th, 2020 at 12:22 pm
Winter is here, and full-service restaurants are
bracing for what could be the toughest stretch of the COVID-19 crisis yet as positive case counts remain high and diners are leery of eating at a restaurant indoors.
For several Milwaukee-area restaurant operators, the solution lies in plastic-enclosed domes, makeshift greenhouses or insulated yurts heated outdoor structures where small groups (ideally of the same household) can share a meal in their own space away from other diners.