- December 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Just because they’re still here doesn’t mean everything has returned to normal for locally owned restaurants that have survived COVID-19 disruptions.
Grants awarded this month by the Texas Conference for Women, in cooperation with the Texas Restaurant Association, are designed to help more than 100 women-owned restaurants throughout the state recover. Three women-owned restaurants in this area were among those who received the $2,500 grants.
“It definitely helped us a lot,” said Taylor Johnson, who owns Buttercups Bakery and Cafe in downtown Gladewater with her mother, Misty Johnson.
They received one of the grants, as did Cathy and Chelsea Cace at The Cace Kitchen in Longview and Cajun Tex, which has locations in Hallsville and Marshall.
The grant, Johnson said, helped them keep employees and catch up on bills.
“COVID hit all…
