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‘A perfect storm’: These restaurants survived the pandemic. Now they can’t find workers
A few weeks ago, Philippe Massoud posted online ads looking for a cook to hire at ilili, his New York City restaurant.
Typically, he said, 60 or 80 people might show up to interview for a position like that one. This time? Nobody.
“That has not happened, ever, in the 14-year history of the business,” Massoud said.
Ilili, an upscale Lebanese spot, currently has about 78 employees, a little less than half of its pre-pandemic workforce, Massoud said. The way business is going now, he could use another 12 people. The staffing shortage means the restaurant is not open for business during lunch or on Monday nights, even as it struggles.
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Sarasota Magazine
Think of Anna Maria Island as a seven-mile-long necklace with three cities shining like jewels: Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach and Anna Maria. In each one, you time travel to the laid-back Florida of the 1970s. But along with mom-and-pop groceries, shell shops and modest beach motels, youâll see gourmet restaurants, contemporary waterfront homes and intriguing boutiques and galleries. And surrounding it all, Sarasota Bay and the sparkling Gulf of Mexico.
Eat
The cutting-edge menu, from shrimp and grits to the beet-and-ginger-infused quinoa, at
The Waterfront Restaurant, is fresh and locally sourced. Sit inside the charming cottage or outside to enjoy views of Tampa Bay and the Skyway Bridge.
Minimum wage increase in U.S. states adds pressure to federal push and small businesses
Aarthi Swaminathan
January 6, 2021, 10:39 AM
Minimum wage increases went into effect in 20 U.S. states on January 1, 2021, adding pressure to the debate over raising the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
At the same time, businesses are dealing with the financial implications of the minimum wage hike while also struggling amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“Everybody’s trying to paint this whole thing with one broad brush stroke,” John Horne, owner of the Anna Maria Oyster Bar in Bradenton, Fla., told Yahoo Finance. “$15 [minimum wage] is fine in Miami. but it’s not good in a small town, you know?”