Pueblo restaurants receive 2.8 million dollars in federal grant money
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) In March of this year, Congress created the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) that would fund in need restaurants that were hit hard financially by the pandemic. In Pueblo, 26 businesses received over 2.8 million dollars in funding.
One of those businesses was Shamrock Brewing, an Irish-pub staple for the area. They received close to $250,000 dollars in federal grant money.
This funding came at a time when they needed most, as they were forced to close before one of their busiest days of the year, St. Patricks day. Our walk in coolers were stocked fully. We had prepped everything from scratch. We had cooked all the corn beef. We had everything going in addition to all the fish being prepped. We had cases and cases of fish and everything, Shawn Sanborn, President of Shamrock Brewing said. We gave that to employees, we gave it away. There was tens of thousands of dollars worth of pro
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With 1,000 pounds of beef, plenty of pints of ale and that signature Pueblo green chile mac and cheese, Shamrock Brewing Company is ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Located at 108 W. Third St., Shamrock Brewing Company opens at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the Irish holiday. Although it won’t be a typical 2,000 customer St. Patrick’s Day, it would seem the luck of the Irish is with the pub because just a year ago, they were shut-down to in-person gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, with the coronavirus pandemic, many say the expectation is that it may be a miss.
Some restaurants will be open on Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day, including 1129 Spirits and Eatery, Pass Key, Graham’s Grill and Angelo’s Pizza Parlor. Others Papa Jose’s Union Café and Shamrock Brewing Co. will be closed until January.
Michael Madrid has worked for the Pass Key on Abriendo Avenue for 11 years, noting that two of the restaurant s busiest days are the day after Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas. But this year the restaurant saw an 80% decrease in sales the day after Thanksgiving, resulting in changes for the upcoming holidays.