纽约越来越多的餐厅会永久关闭，疫情下的餐厅经营者是真难

在纽约经营一家餐厅向来困难重重，但疫情带来了许多新的挑战，一些老板发现这些挑战是难以逾越的。而由于外卖、外送和户外餐饮的发展，销售额正在缓慢恢复，但纽约市餐厅的日均收入仍比去年同期下降了68%。业内专家估计，多达三分之一的餐厅将不会重新开业。7月，纽约州长Andrew Cuomo无限期推迟重开室内餐饮，而这也成为了许多餐厅的“死穴”，走向永久关闭，其中包括了The Fat Radish。

The Fat Radish是纽约一家挺受大家喜爱的餐厅，本应在今年10月庆祝其十周年庆典。但经历了几个月疫情的侵袭后，这家英式美食将永远关门，加入了纽约数十家决定永久关闭的餐厅行列。2017年加入The Fat Radish的管理合伙人Natalie Freihon称，这些年餐厅的经营并不是一帆风顺的，但大家也从未想过要关闭餐厅。在疫情的强击下， Freihon和其他餐厅经营者探索了所有可能的方式来维持餐厅的运营。

这家餐馆此前也有获得过 "薪资保护计划"（Paycheck Protection Program）的贷款：该计划旨在帮助中小企业维持生计，并重新雇佣员工。这看起来确实是一个资金上的帮助，但如果餐厅如法重新开业，也无法雇佣新的员工，这个保护计划对他们来说并没有起到太大的帮助。

另一方面，令Freihon头疼的是，The Fat Radish是没有资格申请经济伤害受灾贷款（ Economic Injury Disaster Loan）的，因为Freihon的商业伙伴Phil Winser是签证持有人。没错，许多签证持有人在这个充满移民的城市里经营餐馆，是没有资格获得这笔资金的，这对大家来说，维持经营也变得更难了。

而The Fat Radish餐厅的空间和外面的街道也比较狭窄，很难提供室外用餐，尽管可以选择外卖和外卖，但Freihon和Phil Winser还是选择放弃The Fat Radish。不过好在他们在去年12月开了新的姊妹餐厅，哪里有足够的户外空间安排客人在户外就餐，并且已经在提供外卖和外送服务。Freihon和Phil Winser最后决定将全部精力放在姊妹餐厅上，7月决定永久关闭The Fat Radish。

除了The Fat Radish，纽约的许多其他餐馆也处于类似的情况。所有的餐厅也在疫情中改变着自己的经营方式，来渡过这个艰难时期。在无数家餐厅倒闭的同时，也有许多餐厅在努力挣扎着，希望能够撑下去。

Running a restaurant in New York has always been difficult, but the epidemic has brought many new challenges, and some owners find these challenges insurmountable. Sales are slowly recovering due to the development of food delivery, delivery and outdoor catering. However, the average daily income of New York City restaurants is still down 68% from the same period last year. Industry experts estimate that as many as one-third of restaurants will not reopen. In July, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo postponed the reopening of indoor dining indefinitely, and this has also become a "dead spot" for many restaurants, which are moving towards permanent closure, including The Fat Radish.

The Fat Radish is a popular restaurant in New York, which was supposed to celebrate its tenth anniversary in October this year. But after months of the epidemic, this British delicacy will be closed forever, joining dozens of restaurants in New York that have decided to close permanently. Natalie Freihon, the managing partner of The Fat Radish who joined The Fat Radish in 2017, said that the restaurant's operations have not been smooth sailing these years, but everyone has never thought of closing the restaurant. Under the strong attack of the epidemic, Freihon and other restaurant operators explored all possible ways to maintain restaurant operations.

The restaurant had previously received a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program: the program aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises maintain their livelihoods and hire back employees. This does seem to be a financial help, but if the restaurant reopens as it did, it won't be able to hire new staff, and this protection plan won't help them much.

On the other hand, Freihon’s headache is that The Fat Radish is not eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan, because Freihon’s business partner Phil Winser is the visa holder. That’s right, many visa holders are not eligible to receive the funds to operate restaurants in this city full of immigrants, which makes it more difficult for everyone to maintain their operations.

In addition to The Fat Radish, many other restaurants in New York are in a similar situation. All restaurants are also changing their own business methods during the epidemic to tide over this difficult period. While countless restaurants closed down, many restaurants were struggling, hoping to survive.  source

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HHHHarold 发表于 2020-8-18 02:37
想起圣诞节前的时候跟朋友在ktown热热闹闹的吃饭，感觉像是上辈子

good old times