Spokane City Council poised to cap third-party delivery fees at 15 percent
Local business leaders, and those in the restaurant industry are divided over a city of Spokane proposal to cap food delivery fees.
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Local business leaders, and those in the restaurant industry are divided over a city of Spokane proposal to cap food delivery fees.
During the depths of the pandemic, the very idea of getting food delivered to your door transformed. Suddenly, it wasn't a symbol of laziness or...
‘The band-aid we need’: Spokane restaurants push for 50% indoor dining capacity Takeout orders remain the main source of income for many restaurants in Spokane. As they wait for updates from the state, some are pleading for a chance to reopen. Author: Brandon Jones (KREM) Updated: 12:52 PM PST January 21, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. — With COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining still in place, several locally-owned restaurants are calling on Governor Jay Inslee to reevaluate current protocols. The hospitality industry has had some of the hardest-hit businesses du...
Local restaurant opens doors for dine-in but is still concerned for the future January 20, 2021 6:56 PM Esther Bower Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — Wooden City has been relying on takeout and delivery since November; with sales down 90%, they’re just trying to figure out how they’ll stay afloat. “How do we mitigate some of the losses? You know, the whole game right now is just working to lose less money,” said Jon Green, co-owner and chef at Wooden City. The restaurant opened in August 2020. While they were welcomed by the community, Green says they couldn’t...
COPYRIGHT: KXLY 4 NEWS NOW SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane restaurants and the Washington Hospitality Association are pushing for Governor Inslee to bump up restaurant capacity to 50-percent, saying take-out options simply aren’t enough. Restaurant owners have decried Inslee’s reopening plan as a “roadmap to restaurant closures on a massive scale.” Already, spots from Garageland to Geno’s, Wandering Table to Prospectors Bar & Grill, Rocky Rococo to Tomato Street have closed in the wake of financial devastation coming from what now approaches a full year of closures during the pandemic. ...