April 19, 2024

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| 4/3/2020

"I feel like it’s the Wild West. Like I’m out in the woods, bottling liquor and selling it as though it’s illegal."

-- Chau Trinh, chef/owner of Sushi Pop in Oviedo

“We are surviving,” says Joseph Creech, chef/owner of Hunger Street Tacos, when I ask how they’re doing.

These days, that’s an A+.

The theme parks may be on lockdown, but its been a roller coaster ride for restaurant owners since the coronavirus rode into town. Rules and regulations have been flying like bullets in a spaghetti western shootout, then shifting like a prairie wind.

As avenues for doing business began shutting down, venues have pivoted wildly, sometimes daily, to keep up. Then came Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order, which closed dining rooms but threw those in food service a potential life preserver.

For the first time ever (and assuming they had license to sell it in the first place) restaurants would be permitted to include adult beverages in takeout and delivery orders.

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