"After more than three years of service, during which The New York Times ranked us twice among the 100 Best Restaurants in New York City and the Michelin Guide gave me its sommelier award, I had to say goodbye to my talented staff and lifelong dream of owning a restaurant."
"Running a restaurant in 2024 meant taking no salary while working a full-time hospitality job elsewhere in order to afford private health insurance. This is the cruel math of owning a small business and being disabled in America."
"If that sounds melodramatic, ask your favorite server. It has always been difficult to sustain a career in hospitality, but brief rumblings of progress during the early days of the pandemic brought us some hope."
"A glittering cast of chefs from across the country banded together to create the Independent Restaurant Coalition, an organization that began to lobby for financial and legislative protections for restaurant workers."
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