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A new survey by Hospitality Minnesota shows many restaurants and hotels are still facing challenges two years into the pandemic.

According to the survey, 36% of hospitality operators say their business has returned to, or surpassed, pre-pandemic revenue levels. However, 37% say they won't cross that threshold until next year.

About 37% said it will be next year before they are operating at pre-pandemic revenue levels.

Owner Sara Remke says she and her siblings survived the challenges of LRT construction and most of COVID, but couldn't overcome recent staffing shortages.

Created: July 14, 2021 05:51 PM The Restaurant Revitalization Fund was supposed to be a lifeline for thousands of restaurants in Minnesota and around the country. Instead, it's the source of major disappointment for more than half the restaurants in Minnesota that applied for funding and didn't get anything. "Unfortunately, it became a situation where there was winners and losers, and I don't think that was the intent," said Pat Mancini, of Mancini's Char House in St. Paul. His restaurant was notified it will not receive any funding because the RRF program ran out of money after fu...