ColoradoBiz Magazine
Job insecurity, isolation take toll on mental health
April 20, 2021
Illustrations by Adam Vicarel
Josh Wolkon’s bags were packed for Hawaii. But instead of boarding a plane on March 16 last year, he drove to Ace Eat Serve in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood, where he told 30 restaurant managers he was “shutting everything down.”
“I broke down,” says Wolkon, the founder of Secret Sauce F&B, the independent restaurant group behind Steuben’s Uptown, Steuben’s Arvada and Ace Eat Serve. “Over the next 24 hours – it all happened so fast – my COO and I told 180 people they no longer had jobs. It’s hard enough letting one person go …” Wolkon’s voice trails off. “Everyone was shell-shocked.”
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