How 5 local businesses are stepping up to support their communities during the protests and pandemic
Bar Biscay is normally a bustling restaurant in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, but recently pivoted to become "Bodega Biscay"— the neighborhood's stop for basic needs and essentials such as produce, dairy, proteins, dry goods, wine, beer, cocktail kits, and soda. The shop also offers a variety of household items including laundry detergent, shampoo and hand sanitizer.
Here, the local community can both support a small business, and ensure that they're able to buy their essential goods in one place. Buyers have the opportunity to pick up their items instantly onsite rather than having to wait for them to be delivered. "Everything is still up in the air, but we'd like to keep this retail aspect going, then slowly add the restaurant back to it over time," Scott Worsham, co-owner of Bar Biscay said of the new provisions program.
By organizing their own delivery service, the Bar Biscay team was able to hire back staff who were previously laid off.Neighborhood Provisions was created in response to restaurant closures due to the pandemic, by a longstanding collective of restaurants known as the Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Neighborhood Provisions originally began with the purpose of acting as a "one-stop shop" delivery service for food, beer, wine, spirits, and pantry essentials, and has since evolved to offer a wide selection of groceries which are delivered safely to each individual customer's door in the Virginia and DC areas.
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