China News Service, August 21. According to a report by the American Overseas Chinese News Network, in order to control the epidemic, New York City has not yet resumed dining in restaurants, which has put many large Chinese restaurants in danger. In order to save itself, the Brooklyn Golden Palace Restaurant changed its business strategy and began to serve the people in the way of food stalls, hoping to survive by this, and also hope to find a way for the industry to save itself.
On the evening of the 18th local time, the reporter drove to check the five big restaurants on Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn. Except for the opening of the roasting department of the two restaurants in Jinhuang on 64th Street and Xinsheng on 61st Street, the restaurants that are usually booming at this time The lobby was silent in the dark, and even some restaurants had some rubbish in front of them because they were closed for a long time.
Regarding the current status of the Chinese restaurant, Chen Shanzhuang, the person in charge of the Jinhuangting restaurant, said that there are 7 large restaurants on Eight Avenues. These restaurants previously relied on large parties, weddings, snacks, and dine-in, but the government has not resumed dine-in food to control the epidemic. , These large restaurants, which have been closed for six months but under pressure from rents of tens of thousands of dollars a month, have reached the brink of life and death. If this continues, he believes that as many as 40-50% of restaurants will close down. As the saying goes, the boat is good for turning around. Since the city government launched the outdoor dining plan, small restaurants in New York City have started to operate outdoors to make ends meet, but large restaurants rarely take action. In this regard, Chen Shanzhuang said that if it drags on, large restaurants can't stand it anymore, and employees have run out of government unemployment benefits at the end of July and are also facing difficulties in life. After thorough consideration, they decided to save themselves and try and work together to get the business back. After preparations, on the evening of the 18th, the restaurant's "Hong Kong-style barbecue and seafood food stalls" on the 62nd street on the north side of the Golden Palace Restaurant was unveiled. Some community members and people came to support it.
Chen Shanzhuang said that the food stalls operate Hong Kong-style barbecue and small seafood stir-fry. They will officially meet with you on August 21. They start drinking tea outdoors at 10 am every day and will be open until 10 pm in the evening. He hopes that in the current economic downturn, he can meet the needs of customers with economic benefits, and he also hopes to find a way to survive through changes in business methods.
Chef Fang, a busy restaurant chef at the scene that night, said that American ingredients are rich, as long as it is done carefully, and they will specially introduce some dishes for food stalls. According to reports, Master Fang has been a chef for 30 years and has a deep knowledge of Hong Kong dim sum, snacks, and dishes. He said that freshness, health and good taste are the most important to food stalls.
Lin Yu, who was running for the City Council of Sunset Park, was also present that night. He said that some young people in Brooklyn often go to Flushing for consumption, and food stalls are very popular in China. He hopes that this way can attract young people to consume locally and help the economic recovery here. In addition, he also hopes to learn from the way that Fifth Avenue is closed for outdoor dining, so that Eight Avenue can start from one or two streets. In short, he will work hard to promote it as long as it is beneficial to the development of local restaurants and small businesses. (Cui Guoyu)