ON BC’S ‘BITTERSWEET’ REOPENING PLAN

This from a piece published by News 1130 this week that focuses on the recent announcement that breweries, cafes and restaurants around the province are now permitted to re-open after the circuit-breaker restrictions expired on Tuesday.

Nigel Pike, Co-owner-operator of @mainstreetbeer, @thecascaderoom, @elcaminos and @theunionvan described Tuesday’s announcement of a four-phase reopening plan by the province as “bittersweet”.

“We’ve felt like we’ve had to open a restaurant multiple times, in multiple ways, it’s been really mentally devastating for staff, obviously, not knowing what’s coming on a daily basis,” he said. “On a positive note, it’s fantastic. On a challenging note, it is a struggle to find staff out there right now.

“We have lots and lots of friends in the hospitality business that have been hit so hard by the changes to the indoor dining because if you don’t have a patio that reduces your ability to have any revenue stream. So this is a massive shift to have people inside again.”

Each phase of the restart plan relies on case counts being low and vaccination rates being high, something Pike acknowledges could change.

“We’re just doing it one step at a time for ourselves because who knows what’s coming down the road. We’ve been at it for over a year and had changes thrown at us left right and centre,” he explains.
“I really don’t want to count on anything apart from indoor dining, that’s great. What’s next? Who knows?”

Read the full piece at the link in our IG bio.

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