{"id":18911,"date":"2020-03-16T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=18911"},"modified":"2020-03-24T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:45:27","slug":"restaurants-letter-governor-evers-coronavarius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/restaurants-letter-governor-evers-coronavarius\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants in letter to Gov. Evers: “Take action as soon as possible”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local independent businesses like restaurants, cafes and bars will be among the hardest hit by coronavirus-related closures<\/a>. For them, including ones in Madison, it\u2019s an existential threat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe operate on super small margins,\u201d DarkHorse<\/a> and Salvatore\u2019s Tomato Pies<\/a> owner Patrick DePula said in a public Facebook post<\/a> late Sunday night. \u201cOur employees are incredibly important to us. I don\u2019t know how we survive if we shut down completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cadre<\/a> chef Evan Dannells added<\/a>, \u201cWe deserve assistance to make sure we can help provide for those that work for us and give them a job to come back to.\u201c<\/span>\n

\u201cOur businesses are at tremendous personal risk\u201d<\/h3>\n

To that end, a letter to Gov. Tony Evers was shared Monday on social media<\/a> by various restaurants, breweries and their proprietors. Morris Ramen<\/a>\u2019s Francesca Hong and a few colleagues drafted the statement, which is reproduced below.<\/span>\n

Governor Evers,<\/p>\n

We are a group of independent restaurant owners, chefs and farmers who make the city of Madison and the state of Wisconsin one of the greatest dining destinations in the U.S. Currently, our staff, who is our family, and our businesses are at tremendous personal risk. There are few workers in the state of Wisconsin who are as vulnerable and as valuable as the artists, artisans, and creative forces that fuel our businesses. We are calling for your administration to take action immediately to help our industry. There are too many unknowns for us to make informed, heavy, and maybe devastating decisions of staying open or closing. If we knew there was real aid available for our teams we could help salvage what we believe to be an integral part of the Wisconsin identity \u2014 communities coming together over food.<\/p>\n

We demand the following take place:<\/p>\n