Restaurants adjust to delivery, pick up

Businesses across the Kansas City metro are doing what they can to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

CONGRESSIONALAPPROVAL.AS RESTAURANTS AREORDERED TO CLOSE THEIRDINING ROOMS - MANY ARELOOKING FOR WAYS TOSTAY OPEN DURING THEPANDEMIC.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON EXPLAINS HOWTHEY'RE MAKINGADJUSTMENTS TOCONTINUE TO SERVE YOU.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGTHIS IS THE SECOND FULLDAY THAT CUSTOMERSHAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWEDINSIDE HERE AT GRINDERS,AND TAKE A LOOK, OVERTHE LUNCH HOUR - THISPLACE WOULD TYPICALLYBE PACKED WITH PEOPLE.Jeff "Stretch" Rumaner - OWNER,GRINDERS"It sucks, I'm not going to beataround the bush.

This is theworst that I've seen theindustry."GRINDERS IS JUST ONE OFMANY RESTAURANTS INKANSAS CITY THAT'SDOING WHAT IT CAN TOSTAY OPEN.STRETCH"You try and forecast onprevious weeks sales, there'sbeen nothing like this, ever.

Imean it's chaos."FULFILLING DELIVERY ANDCARRYOUT ORDERS IS ALLGRINDERS CAN DO -BUT JUST A BLOCK AWAY -MEAN MULE DISTILLINGCOMPANY - CAN'T EVEN DOTHAT.JEFF EVANS - FOUNDER, MEANMULE DISTILLING CO."You know, you have yourstandard things that youprepare for, a market crash, arecession, that kind of stuff,because that kind of stuffwe've been through, butsomething like this we haven'tbeen through in a 100 yearsso, there's no rule book on itthere's no playbook on this."WITH HIS BUSINESSTEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN- JEFF EVANS IS HOPINGOTHER SALES WILL KEEPHIS BUSINESS AFLOAT..EVAN"We have a small outlet in thatwe can sell our stuff retail,there's various liquor storesaround town that do sell ourproducts."FOR CUSTOMERS WHOWANT TO KNOW WHATTHEIR FAVORITE LOCALSPOTS ARE DOING DURINGTHIS TIME OFUNCERTAINTY - CURBSIDEKC CAN HELP.DANIELLE LEHMAN - CREATOROF CURBSIDE KC"It's really become a reallyvaluable tool I think for therestaurant community to beable to communicate withconsumers what they'recurrently offering up to date."IT TOOK TWO HOURS ON ASATURDAY MORNING FORDANIELLE LEHMAN TOCREATE THE WEBSITE.LEHM"I put maybe 25 restaurantson there, sent it out to somepeople, it went viral reallyquickly, there's a link forrestaurants to be able to addthemselves to it and so far I'vereceived over 800submissions since Saturday."IN ONE LOCATION - PEOPLECAN SEE WHICHRESTAURANTS ARE OPEN -AND HOW YOU CANSUPPORT THEM..REPORTING IN Kansas City,MCKENZIE NELSON, 41ACTION NEW