Restaurants can't find enough people to fill shifts: servers, front of house, back of house. Owners say that former employees are reluctant to give up unemployment benefits that run through August. Meanwhile, restaurants and bars can stay open until midnight, and more vaccinated clientele are ready to go out to eat and drink. So what happens next?
Our guests:
- Kelly Metras, owner of Salena's and Nox, and chapter president of the NYS Restaurant Association
- Art Rogers, owner and chef of Lento
- Jonathan Swan, owner of the Swan family of restaurants
- Jes Scannell, director of Career Empowerment Initiatives at Foodlink