- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
BERKELEY (KPIX) — Restaurants have struggled throughout the pandemic and many were hoping this holiday season would give them a boost. Last year, restaurants were getting ready to package up holiday meals to go. This year, in-person dining is back but the question is: how long can restaurateurs continue to serve?
Thursday night at Revival Bar and Kitchen on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley was a busy one but business is not back to pre-pandemic levels.
“This industry was definitely affected by the pandemic,” said chef/owner Amy Murray. “They say half of the workforce has disappeared and that’s what it feels like.”
Murray added that customers are slowly coming back but staffing is still an issue. When asked how much of a stress it has put on her, she replied, “It’s horrible. It’s horrible but we are really lucky that we have just enough people to run a dinner service right now.”
Dinner service is not paying all the bills. Murray has…
