As America Reopens, Restaurants Are Struggling to Rehire Employees | Eater
"This 130-seat Kansas City bistro, which once did roughly $10,000 a night, pivoted to selling groceries, family-style meals, and alcohol for pickup when dine-in stopped and saw sales fall to about $1,000 a day. After Missouri allowed limited reopening on May 11, the restaurant did around 70 covers on a recent Saturday and was able to rehire all kitchen staff who wanted to return, but bringing back front-of-house staff has been harder: some servers declined shifts out of health concerns or because they pursued other paths such as college or different careers. Operating at half capacity under local rules, the restaurant’s sales recovered to roughly 50 percent of typical pre-pandemic revenues and managers are monitoring demand before filling additional roles." - Cara Eisenpress
