How 3 Colorado Food Businesses Are Fighting Anti-Asian Hate
The rise in hateful rhetoric and violence directed at individuals of Asian descent has inspired Denver culinary pros to take action.Patricia Kaowthumrong •
May 10, 2021
A flood of anti-Asian sentiment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and most disturbingly revealed in the Atlanta shooting on March 16, when a gunman killed eight people has been felt across the Front Range dining scene.
Fear for their own safety and that of loved ones and other community members inspired the owners of Kokoro, Third Culture Bakery, and Yuan Wonton to do something about it. Here’s how you can help, too.
April is the cruelest month of all which holds true during a pandemic. For starters, the state government announced the easing of specific COVID-related business restrictions at the beginning of the month, even as cases and hospitalizations were on the rise. And restaurant workers have been dealing with a new wave of mask-holes and other entitled customers demanding their constitutional right to display their willful ignorance in public. Business is indeed picking up in the hospitality industry, but hiring has been tough (queue lazy unemployment sponges trumpeters), and some restaurants had to shutter for a day or two here and there while their entire staffs took vaccination days.