'I don't think we realize how restaurants are the backbone of many communities all across America.'
The Paycheck Protection Program authorizes forgivable loans to small businesses across the United States.World famous restaurateur and philanthropist Jose Andres is among a group of independent restaurant owners pleading with Congress to create a $120 billion stabilization fund to keep restaurants afloat through the"I don't think we realize how restaurants are the backbone of many communities all across America," Andres said in a Zoom news conference Wednesday.
"We need Congress to act or we will not be able to survive," the letter reads."Small restaurants are scrappy and entrepreneurial; we run on thin margins and optimism. We are the places you meet your constituents, we are the places that donate to schools, we are the places feeding our frontline workers today. If these requirements are not met, our country will not only permanently lose 11 million jobs, but also these vital cornerstones of our communities.
"The losses that our industry has incurred have wiped out all of the gains of the last two years," said IRC founding member Andrew Zimmern, a James Beard award-winning chef and host of"What's Eating America" and"Bizarre Foods."
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