With cold weather coming, weary restaurateurs’ worries increase
With rising COVID numbers in Europe, loss of holiday parties, outdoor seating concerns in winter and diners who are increasingly canceling, restaurateurs worry about the coming months.
Topic: Restaurants and COVID-19
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October 2020
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Future’s bleak for Puck, but we have 2 dining events this week
Coming events include a reinvented St. Ann Fall Fest with food from Coletta’s, and another Restaurant Phoenix Project event, this time to benefit Claire’s House. Plus, New Asia and Sakura dining rooms reopen.
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Bar owners welcome a midnight curfew
Bars and restaurants can begin to stay open until midnight under the new Shelby County Health Department directive that goes in effect on Oct. 7; enforcement will be beefed up, Alisa Haushalter says.
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September 2020
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Miles Tamboli makes pizza, pasta and holds a degree in public health
Miles Tamboli opened a restaurant just four months before COVID closed his dining room. With a degree in public health, he knows enough to know he’s not reopening it just yet.
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Outdoor dining space to open off South Main
New outdoor seating off South Main beside Puck Food Hall will be for dining, working or just gathering to enjoy a little distanced socializing and music.
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Most bars remain closed after two months; a few have reopened with a new license
A few limited-service restaurants have reopened under a new TABC rule, but most remain closed two months after they were shut down by the Health Department.
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Molly’s La Casita didn’t make it 46 years to lose to COVID
Molly’s La Casita has been around for almost half a century, but COVID has hit it just as hard as newer restaurants. On the bright side, "it could be worse."
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August 2020
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SOB owners focused on their first restaurant during COVID
Ed and Brittany Cabigao permanently closed two restaurants because of COVID, but they’re expanding SOB with SOBEast, coming to the former Interim space in a few weeks.
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Ryan Trimm faces a triple COVID challenge in an uncertain future
Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.
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Local Black-owned restaurants receive $25,000 awards from Discover
Three Black-owned Memphis restaurants — a new one, an institution and a food truck — have each received a $25,000 award from Discover and there’s more money to give away.
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Restaurants 2021: What’s ahead for Bari
Not all restaurants are going to make it through the pandemic; today we start to look at what independent restaurateurs in Memphis think about the weeks and months ahead.
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July 2020
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Local bars must remain closed after second judge rules against them
Limited-service restaurants will remain closed, second federal judge has ruled, saying “sympathy cannot play a role” in the law.
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Judge McCalla rules against reopening bars
Bars will remain closed for now, Judge Jon P. McCalla rules in his order denying their request to reopen after being closed by the Health Department in early July.
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Independent restaurants ask Health Department for same-day employee testing
Small restaurants say they want their voices heard by the Shelby County Health Department when it comes to decisions that affect their business; send letter to director, Alisa Haushalter.
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Cocozza closes for a week after COVID-19 exposure
Cocozza American Italian on South Main is the latest restaurant to close after an asymptomatic employee tested positive for COVID-19; it will reopen Aug. 4.
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Second set of bar plaintiffs goes to court against Health Department; no ruling issued
A second group of limited-service restaurant owners whose places were closed by a Health Department coronavirus directive spent a day in court seeking to reopen. As was the case with the first group that appeared in court last week, no ruling was issued.
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Erling’s closes for COVID; plans to reopen July 31
Erling Jensen: The Restaurant closed on Saturday, July 25, because of COVID-19 exposure, but employees are being tested and the plan is to reopen on Friday, July 31, and have some outdoor seating.
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Most diners give information, but some resistant to contact tracing
Most diners are complying with Health Directive 8 and giving their names and numbers at restaurants, but Jiminy Cricket! Some just won’t do it.
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City paves the way for more outdoor restaurant dining
The city says restaurants can expand outdoors in private space right away and can expect cooperation if they have a good plan for expansion to sidewalks or even street seating.
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The Rendezvous voluntarily closes its dining room
Citing spikes and a 'scary' environment because of COVID-19, the Rendezvous closed its dining room once again.
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Lengthy list of bars to close at midnight; curbside will be allowed
The list of limited-service restaurants that close at midnight is lengthy; private clubs without a restaurant license will also be closed.
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River Oaks has reopened and Gutierrez is as good as ever
River Oaks Restaurant has reopened and chef/owner José Gutierrez is relaxed, his food is excellent and the restaurant as comfortable and welcoming as ever.
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June 2020
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Beauty Shop reopens with old favorites, new standouts
The Beauty Shop is back and better than ever, with some new menu items to go along with some of chef/owner Karen Carrier's classics.
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Patio guide: 100-plus choices for outdoor dining, drinking during COVID
Eating dinner outside is a pleasure, but it does get really hot here. Still: Sweaty or COVID? Flies or COVID? I know my answer. I think it’s your answer too, because so many of you have asked me where you can eat outdoors. Here's a guide.
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Restaurants: Round Two at India Palace
In lieu of a buffet, India Palace is serving food thali style, and is giving customers masks if they arrive without one.
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