- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) – Restaurants in Solon and across Iowa have been at full capacity dining for a while, and some business owners in town are slowly trying to get back to normal.
Nick Craig, the owner of the Brass Fountain, said they still need to fill several positions before the Main Street restaurant can have its grand opening.
“It’s about supply and demand, what’s going on out there not just with physical products, but also getting staff and people,” Craig said.
Other places, like the Dairy Queen on the city’s southern edge, have been open for 14 years and done really well in Solon. But they still haven’t opened up their dining room because of not enough staffing now, and no 2020 to build up a workforce.
“We lost most of our staff through the pandemic, and most of those that didn’t come back I’m still trying to replace,” Robin Ruzicka, the ice cream shop’s owner, said.
City leaders said many places in town are facing similar…