Women, veteran and minority restaurant owners lose COVID relief money after lawsuit
Money that was supposed to go to restaurants owned by women, minorities and veterans was taken away after a group of white men sued claiming discrimination.
Author: Eric Wilkinson
Updated: 5:11 PM PDT July 5, 2021
SEATTLE — A federal relief program designed to help women, minority and veteran restaurant owners survive the pandemic has backfired on them.
It has been all Chelley Bassett could do to keep the doors of her beloved Murphy's Pub open during the pandemic.
"It's been really rough," she said. "We've been doing whatever we can to stay open. We cut the staff down to just me, my business partner, the head chef and one cook."