Hi there, It’s 2022 and we have one goal on our minds: convince Congress to refill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. After two years of working together to get bar and restaurant relief through Congress, it’s a tough pill to swallow that we are heading into a third year of the pandemic. But we head into…
Independent Restaurant Coalition
5 ways you can support independant restaurants and bars
Dear friend, We know the latest wave of COVID is taking a devastating toll on many of our readers who own or work in restaurants and bars. There’s never a good time for a new variant to make our friends and colleagues sick, and we recognize that the timing of this surge, which would normally…
One Night Only – Gail Simmons, Rick Bayless, Gregory Gourdet and Alex Day!
Dear friend, Struggling to find a gift for your favorite restaurant lover? We have just the ticket. A one-night-only virtual event featuring some of the restaurant & bar industry’s favorites. The event on Monday, January 27, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. ET will feature demonstrations from James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, restaurateur and TV personality Rick Bayless and Top Chef Finalist…
Rally to #ReplenishRRF with Chef José Andrés on Wednesday
Hi there, It’s National Small Business Week. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) helped over 100,000 operators get back on their feet—but two-thirds of small businesses in the restaurant industry have not received the support they need. We’re hosting a virtual rally this week with Chef José Andrés, co-owner of ThinkFoodGroup and Founder of World Central Kitchen, Chef…
The fight for restaurant relief isn’t over
Hi there, This weekend, there was a major development in our fight to refill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). A bipartisan group of senators, led by Senator Cardin (D-MD), Senator Wicker (R-MS), and Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY), moved by unanimous consent to add $48 billion to the RRF. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, it…
Action #3: Email Congress (and tell a friend)
Hi there, Thank you for joining our week of action! Without your phone calls, emails, and Zooms throughout the past 16 months, we never would have been able to get 105,000 restaurants and bars the relief they needed through the first round of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). Now, we’re working hard to do it again…