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'Troubled waters.' 40 Tri-Cities area restaurants have closed during pandemic | State


The latest round of restaurant restrictions have proven too much for one small Richland business.
Kagen Coffee & Crepes in the Uptown Shopping Center is closing its doors — at least for now. Owner Kagen Cox said they will reevaluate next month.
“We don’t have the ability or resources for big tent dining,” Cox told the Herald.
“Because we are a destination location, our sales are down nearly 80 percent, but our food costs — food also being disposables and to go containers — have tripled,” he said.
He’s not alone in the struggle.
In Benton and Franklin counties, 40 restaurants have permanently closed since March, according to the Washington Hospitality Association. ....

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