San Francisco Bay Area dive bars say they’re hanging in there — but only by a thread (Via EaterSF)
neighborhood melting pot which he co-owns with his wife, Tana, in Temescal, has been closed for two months. Not only has he been unable to land a loan, he can’t even find out whether he’s been denied. Howard applied for his first Small Business Administration loan on March 18. Since then, he’s applied for more than 12 additional loans, including multiple Paycheck Protection Program loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loans .
Howard has since opened up the Avenue three days a week for curbside orders. The proceeds barely cover his utilities, by his estimates, so he and Tana are burning through their savings. But for Howard, reopening as a bottle shop is less about the money and more about the people. “People miss each other, so it’s nice to see everybody,” he said.
Still, Howard struggles under the weight of the uncertainties. “It’s hard to think about anything in the future when we don’t know what that will be,” he said. “Quarter capacity in Temescal, with my rent, just wouldn’t do it. We’re talking about a lot of money and no way of recouping it. There are all of these what-ifs, and right now, I’m hoping for these loans. That would give me more hope.”Listening to Jean Fontana talk, you wouldn’t think that the world is in the midst of a global pandemic.
Those community-building efforts are great, but bars stay in business because they sell drinks, not because they host virtual events. That why just over three weeks ago, a skeleton crew of six, including Fontana, reopened The Riptide mid-April to begin fulfilling to-go orders. “We needed to pay our bills,” she said — as did the employees who returned to work.
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