Our US government made us a promise to support all restaurants as we battled the fall out of the pandemic.  They only fulfilled part of their promise and now over 177,000  restaurants are left unfunded some even given the funds only to have them rescinded and now are left holding the bag that are filled with empty promises made by our government.

Many of your local mom and pop restaurants will be forced to close, file for bankruptcy many will loose not only their dreams, business and hopes  this damage will be passed down to the next generation.

They too will and have been affected by this same broken promise. Some reading this will say well as an entrepreneur that’s the risk one takes in starting a business. Yes you would be correct in saying or thinking that.

But imagine this: what if the President of the corporation that you worked for made a promise to you, that if you followed all the company’s guidelines and followed all the work related rules that if you came to work they would pay you. But then changed their minds and the next pay period you got a noticed that your check will be coming soon but in the meantime keep working the checks are sure to come!  

Some of the checks your coworkers did in fact receive them, some received the direct deposit only to have those funds deducted back from their accounts.

In a microcosm this is what has happened to us “ the Restaurant owners” the government told us to shut down! They told us that if we didn’t shut down heavy fines would soon follow.

They suggested and encourage us that if we did choose to be open that costly safety measures should be put in place to maintain safety for the customers as well as the staff. ( a good thing by the way)

The promise was that if you do these things and more we will provide assistance to support the extreme lost our demands may have caused your business.

That promise was not kept. Let’s keep in mind that the initial COVID’s relief fund that supported Restaurants , Bars , Gyms and other small businesses received bipartisan support.

The current bill that was before the Senate on May 19, 2022 had that same support but fell a bit short of the 60 votes needed.

Let’s face the reality here both Republicans and Democrats eat at restaurants! Imagine a world with no local neighborhood restaurants and bars own and operated by local real life people not a big restaurant group or corporation.

These local places hold the memories and special moments of that entire community. By signing this petition you will let these hard working men and women know that they are not alone!  

Save the mom and pop restaurants industry sign this petition and share it with others. Please and thank you.