![]() ![]() Yoder confirmed that Fireside is for sale, and has been since before the virus. We didn’t try to post that we were closing on Facebook - we tried to handle it quietly, and unfortunately quietly did not work.” “Once we started seeing prices - low quantities and high prices, we made the call. “It’s not like we just boarded up and packed up and left town,” he said. We’re pretty reputable.”Ĭontrary to information shared by staff Thursday, Yoder said furloughed employees will be called back as business needs demand. “People are calling my head for taking a loan and closing, and that’s just not the case,” he said. Yoder confirmed that Fireside was awarded PPP funding, but that many employees preferred unemployment checks, which allowed them to make more money than they were able to earn as the restaurant’s traffic has significantly decreased. “We directed them to employment eight or nine weeks ago.” We gave them the option of whether they wanted to work,” he said. “We already had a bunch of them on unemployment. However, many were laid off several weeks ago. Yoder said that of the approximately 40 employees who work at the restaurant, all were laid off during the temporary closure. “We plan on the first of the week getting going again - on a limited menu,” he said. ![]() Though employees were under the understanding that Fireside’s closure is permanent, Yoder wants to assure customers that Fireside will be back in business by Monday or Tuesday. We know we have to make some drastic changes to how we do business.” Ninety-nine percent of our business Sunday is pork tenderloin. “We’re having huge problems with our supply chains,” he said. When he learned his meat supplier did not have pork available for this week’s shipment, he decided it was best to close the business’ doors as he and other restaurant leaders reshaped the Fireside menu. Yoder said the decision to furlough employees was a direct result of being unable to get the supplies needed to run the restaurant as it has been run for more than a decade. “We’re trying to figure this out day by day.” “In the situation we’re living through, nobody knows what the new norm is,” he said. His restaurants - like restaurants across the country - have adjusted to mandates closing dining rooms, new requirements relating to masks, cleaning and social distancing, and shortages of meat and other staples necessary to serve customers. Yoder, who also owns Chubbies Pub and Grub in Syracuse, Indiana, is one of countless restaurateurs who have worked to ride out a storm of challenges presented by efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. In recent weeks, the restaurant has been limited to takeout service, leaving barstools empty in spite of loyal customers who have continued to frequent the restaurant. Prior to mandates ordering restaurants to close, the restaurant was often filled with people watching live sports, playing trivia and enjoying family dinners. in Edwardsburg, is a sports bar specializing in burgers, pizza, wings and pitchers of cold beer. Fireside Tap & Grill, located at 69245 Maple St. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |