Union Square announces mass layoffs

We’ve created a relief fund for Union Square Hospitality Group team members. To seed the effort, I’m immediately contributing my entire compensation and our executive team is taking a meaningful pay cut. Additionally, 100% of all USHG gift card sales through 3/24 will go to the fund. Join us please: ushg.link/gift

Cities and states are ordering bars and restaurants to close as the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. continues to rise. Restaurants will still largely be allowed to operate to produce carryout and delivery orders. California Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs shut down. Restaurants are still operating but with limited capacity. Los Angeles is considering a ban on dining in at restaurants, as are Boston, DC and New Jersey. Both Ohio and Illinois have issued orders to close all bars and restaurants across the states with the exception of delivery orders. With the number of cases expected to rise this week, more state governments are likely to institute similar orders. While critical to limit people's exposure, these mandates are devastating to businesses and are pushing owner's resources to the brink. How are you coping with these rapid developments? What are your contingency plans and how can the community support you? Update: NYC has just ordered bars and restaurants close except for take out orders. #LinkedInSmallBusiness #coronavirus #COVID19 #restaurants ??: Getty Images

We’re conscious of the different ways that COVID-19 could impact quick service restaurants: from the physical and emotional wellbeing of customers and employees, to the economic reality for franchisees and their teams. Over the weekend, many restaurant chains closed their in-store dining, and shifted to only offering drive-thru and pick up. These strategies and changes in customer expectations are likely to transform the industry well beyond the immediate impact of Coronavirus. #qsr brands can better help their customers and employees weather this crisis by preparing for a new norm of frictionless, no-contact service. #restaurants #frictionless

Cities and states are ordering bars and restaurants to close as the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. continues to rise. Restaurants will still largely be allowed to operate to produce carryout and delivery orders. California Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs shut down. Restaurants are still operating but with limited capacity. Los Angeles is considering a ban on dining in at restaurants, as are Boston, DC and New Jersey. Both Ohio and Illinois have issued orders to close all bars and restaurants across the states with the exception of delivery orders. With the number of cases expected to rise this week, more state governments are likely to institute similar orders. While critical to limit people's exposure, these mandates are devastating to businesses and are pushing owner's resources to the brink. How are you coping with these rapid developments? What are your contingency plans and how can the community support you? Update: NYC has just ordered bars and restaurants close except for take out orders. #LinkedInSmallBusiness #coronavirus #COVID19 #restaurants ??: Getty Images

Cities and states are ordering bars and restaurants to close as the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. continues to rise. Restaurants will still largely be allowed to operate to produce carryout and delivery orders. California Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs shut down. Restaurants are still operating but with limited capacity. Los Angeles is considering a ban on dining in at restaurants, as are Boston, DC and New Jersey. Both Ohio and Illinois have issued orders to close all bars and restaurants across the states with the exception of delivery orders. With the number of cases expected to rise this week, more state governments are likely to institute similar orders. While critical to limit people's exposure, these mandates are devastating to businesses and are pushing owner's resources to the brink. How are you coping with these rapid developments? What are your contingency plans and how can the community support you? Update: NYC has just ordered bars and restaurants close except for take out orders. #LinkedInSmallBusiness #coronavirus #COVID19 #restaurants ??: Getty Images

Hourly workers at these restaurants are getting hit hard economically already. Many of these people were already struggling to make ends meet and don’t have a big cash cushion to fall back on. We (meaning everyone, not just hospitality industry) need to work with government and charitable organizations to help them in their time of need. There are some great policy recommendations in the article here. Please share this post and raise your voice up to help your fellow citizens who are most in need. Thank you for anything you can do!

Great read from Liz Moskow on why restaurants need to act now with their #coronavirus plans and shift away from dine-in business. "To be clear, I am advocating for a complete shut down of your in-house dining operations for the next several weeks out of 'an abundance of caution,' but also in an effort to save your business," she says.

Cities and states are ordering bars and restaurants to close as the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. continues to rise. Restaurants will still largely be allowed to operate to produce carryout and delivery orders. California Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs shut down. Restaurants are still operating but with limited capacity. Los Angeles is considering a ban on dining in at restaurants, as are Boston, DC and New Jersey. Both Ohio and Illinois have issued orders to close all bars and restaurants across the states with the exception of delivery orders. With the number of cases expected to rise this week, more state governments are likely to institute similar orders. While critical to limit people's exposure, these mandates are devastating to businesses and are pushing owner's resources to the brink. How are you coping with these rapid developments? What are your contingency plans and how can the community support you? Update: NYC has just ordered bars and restaurants close except for take out orders. #LinkedInSmallBusiness #coronavirus #COVID19 #restaurants ??: Getty Images