Milwaukee bar devastated by pandemic gets much needed assistance from Barstool Fund
With sales down 60 percent and a staff of 18 reduced to just six, something needed to change for J&B’s Blue Ribbon Bar and Grill on Milwaukee West Side.
Bob Schindel, along with John Bliesner, owns one of the quintessential “Brewers Bars” on W. Bluemound Road in the shadows of American Family Field, previously known as Miller Park. Like most small businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has been rough on them.
“What we’re bringing in and what’s going out each month, it was off,” said Schindel. “It was off by thousands.”
Barstool Fund Helps Four Wisconsin Restaurants By Andrew Havranek Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis. Breakfast at the Dairy Land Family Restaurant in Madison is a weekly family affair for the Bentheimers.
“We come here every weekend,” said Amy Bentheimer as she enjoyed her eggs and potatoes Saturday morning.
To her family, eating and spending money at local restaurants is important, especially during the pandemic.
“I could go to Denny’s or something, but this is really more important to stay here in our community,” Bentheimer said.
The Madison-area restaurant has been serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 35 years.
2020 was the hardest.
Wisconsin restaurants get help from the Barstool Fund
The Barstool Fund raises money to help small businesses operate and pay their employees for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic goes on.
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Several Wisconsin restaurants are getting help from the Barstool Fund, a fundraiser run by media company Barstool Sports.
The Barstool Fund raises money to help small businesses operate and pay their employees for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic goes on. Each month we will continue to cut you a check for how much you need to stay in business until this thing s over, said Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy in a video he posted to Twitter on Dec. 17.