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COVID surge brings more safety rules for restaurants, harsher penalties for disobeying

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 19, 2020

Face coverings are now required of employees and guests in California, much of Oregon and dozens of counties and cities. Meanwhile, New York is preceding with plans to revoke the liquor license of rulebreakers.

Workforce

Supreme Court lets Dreamers keep working, to restaurants’ delight

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 18, 2020

The decision to halt Trump's unwinding of the DACA program could keep hundreds of thousands of legal foreign-born candidates in the workforce.

Operations

Restaurants' COVID recovery set back by police protests

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 05, 2020

The damage was severe for operations in cities that were hard hit by the protests, new research shows.

Leadership

How the restaurant industry won fixes in the PPP

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 04, 2020

Newcomers to the process didn’t know the odds were against them.

Operations

NYC gives restaurants breaks on rents while capping delivery fees

By Peter Romeo on May 26, 2020

Personal liability was waived for lease defaults, and sidewalk fees were suspended.

Operations

Washington gives restaurant guests a veto on being tracked

By Peter Romeo on May 18, 2020

Gov. Jay Inslee is sticking with the requirement that restaurants record who has eaten in their restaurants and when, but has alerted consumers that they can withhold their specifics.

Operations

Denny's feels the pinch of limited reopening capacities.

By Peter Romeo on May 15, 2020

The increased sales amount to about $900 a day. The added costs can run $500 to $1,000.

Operations

Court clears a controversial way for Wisconsin restaurants to reopen dining rooms

By Peter Romeo on May 14, 2020

The state's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the prohibitions on business reopenings are unconstitutional.

Financing

Feds start crackdown on PPP fraud

By Peter Romeo on May 07, 2020

A restaurateur has already been arrested. The Justice Department has vowed to pursue more abusers of the system.

Beverage

Michigan restaurants get a liquor advance

By Peter Romeo on May 05, 2020

The state has repurchased alcohol inventories but is allowing licensed establishments to sell the supplies and pay for them later.

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