'This is a time for survival': A restaurant owner in small-town Michigan wonders if the government bailout will get him long before coronavirus does
that restaurants were “the most promising sector of the U.S. labor market,” with “jobs growing faster than health care, construction, or manufacturing.” This was not a new phenomenon: “For the past three decades, restaurants have steadily grown, as part of the most fundamental shift in American work—from making things to serving people,” thenoted. “At current rates of growth, more people will work at restaurants than in manufacturing in 2020.
On the evening of Friday, March 13, Mackle’s was bustling. There was a 45-minute wait for tables and a celebratory—if curious—mood in the air. Earlier that day, Governor Gretchen Whitmer had announced the closing of schools statewide. “I’m talking to people that night, watching them book flights to take improvised trips because school is cancelled and the tickets are dirt cheap,” Joe says. “And I’m just thinking, ‘this my last weekend in business.’”, his crowds thinned out. Sales were way down.
Joe called in every favor he could, cashing in on all those years of relationships in the community. On St. Patrick’s Day, he managed to sell 60 corned beef dinners to-go and 60 reuben sandwiches. It was helpful, taking some bite out of his inventory and grabbing some revenue in lieu of the packed house he’d planned for. But Joe knew it wasn’t enough. His model isn’t built on carryout orders. His kitchen manager is a cancer survivor who’s high-risk.
Joe falls somewhere in the middle. He runs a healthy business in an affluent community that will rally around him when the doors re-open. At the same time, his cash situation is shaky—and there’s no line of credit to lean on. To restock his empty coolers from scratch, having donated all the food back in March, will cost tens of thousands of dollars. And that doesn’t even begin to account for the alcohol, the new cleaning supplies, and of course, the payroll.
"I don’t see customers as red or blue. I see the color green. I’ve turned away candidates trying to host political events here. No thank you. That’s like hanging a Michigan flag outside. Or hanging a Sparty flag outside."“We’ve had nasty arguments. We’ve almost had fights. Even before Covid, I could see the temperature here in Livingston County running hot. And now you’re heading toward November, with everyone picking sides. I’m fucking scared,” he says.
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