It’s clear that the bill isn’t the bailout or disaster relief the restaurant industry — independent restaurants or their employees — were counting on to make it through this unprecedented crisis.
to protect us from; millions of workers face precariousness compounded by the preexisting structures that left so many to live paycheck to paycheck in the first place.
It’s in that precariousness that the restaurant industry holds a mirror up to the rest of the country, which may soon see itself reflected back.
Because it’s not just that our economy won’t fully recover if we leave these small businesses and service workers holding the bag. It’s our communities, which rely on restaurants as a public theater, a backdrop and setting for life’s celebrations, on the one hand, and daily routines, on the other. It’s us.The freshest news from the food world every day
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