restaurants during coronavirus

restaurants during coronavirus

C1 3 states, governor beshear hasn't announced when restaurants can resume inside dining.

Abc 36's monica harkins shows you how one lexington restaurant is adapting to the coronavirus restrictions and what the industry might look like in the future.

3 sec i firmly feel the face of restaurants have changed, one of the earliest restrictions put in place when the pandemic hit kentucky...food service.

Ranada riley, chef and owner of ranadas bistro and bar in lexington, expects pickup and delivery to stick around after the restaurants are allowed to resume in-person dining.

8 sec whether it's curbside to go or delivery, you know, the family portions.

Those are all going to have to, you know, be incorporated into our business model.

Something her restaurant has never done before...but is getting pretty good at...feeding the frontlines...offeri ng things like drag delivery...family sized meals and next for mothers day you can get a 3 course meal...wine...and it comes with a code for a virtual concert 10 sec i'm kind of practicing, as we go on you know and it's fun keeps my kitchen on their toes too because i'm throwing like every kind of food you can possibly imagine.

A kitchen staff she's been able to slowly bring back because she was able to get a loan from her bank through the federal payment protection program.

13 sec the day that we had to sit everyone down and let them know that we were kind of closing, and we were gonna have to rely solely on myself and two owners.

It was devastating.

I mean, i felt like my world had ended that day, now..a part of her world coming back into her life.

As we look towards reopening, riley says local restaurants aren't going to look or feel the same.

We're all going to have to elevate what we're doing.

At ranadas, part of that is a physical makeover...as the emotional ride continues.

We've gone through all these faces.

And, we've just tried to be there for one another and encourage, you know, love goes a long way.

Like the fish in her tank, ranadas bistro is just going to keep on swimming.

In lexington, monica harkins ,abc 36 news.