Surviving the Shutdown: Gardena Bowl Coffee Shop has its loyal fans, but these are desperate times
and ensuing shutdown has left many restaurants uncertain about their future. As smaller, less-heralded restaurants across the city grapple with new realities, we asked them to share their stories.
But as of last week those tables, now vacant, became an improvised barrier, arranged to separate takeout customers from the skeleton crew keeping the restaurant running. Nakano, who has owned the popular Japanese and Hawaiian diner for the last two decades with his brother-in-law Hideiki Obayashi, said the closure of the 78-year-old bowling alley that it shares a building with had an immediate drain on his business. “There used to be bowling leagues that would come here to eat,” he said. “That’s all gone now.
Nakano hasn’t had to lay off any employees yet, though hours have been cut significantly. “I’m trying to balance it as fairly as I can,” he said. “Some of our cooks have two jobs, so we’re trying to work around their schedule.”As the restaurant shutdown stretches into the foreseeable future, Nakano worries that more tough decisions are ahead.
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