- July 11, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. (WCAX) – It’ll be a while before businesses across our region fully recover from the pandemic, especially those in smaller towns.
The pandemic brought on some big changes for small town Vermont eateries such as Omakase and Pizza On Main.
Before the pandemic, Omakase made money by hosting a few pop-up dinners inside local restaurants in Montgomery in the winter and attending live music events in the summer.
Employee Tate Johnson says with all events canceled in 2020, they made no money. ”When you go from doing 15 to 25 a summer to going to a dead stop still will put anybody at a loss and make them completely restructure their thoughts on their business and how to keep that business afloat. Any way to have a hustle,” Johnson said.
To make up for the losses, Johnson says this summer Omakase is doing more events than they’ve ever done in the past. They’re also putting on more pop-up dinners than before.
Pizza On Main is also…
