How you can help… Consider Gift Cards

How to support restaurants, cafes and bars that have closed. Many eateries have been forced to reduce or close operations due to the outbreak. If you want to support your local restaurant, consider ordering takeout or purchasing a gift card or merchandise.

“Gift cards are like interest-free loans,” San Antonio restaurant owner Steve McHugh told The Washington Post. Having some income from the gift cards could help a restaurant get back up and running again, says Edouardo Jordan, a James Beard-award-winning chef.

You also may consider supporting servers and other workers who have been laid off by donating to a fund or nonprofit, such as the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a nonprofit organization serving restaurant workers.

如何支持已經關閉的餐館，咖啡館和酒吧。由於爆發，許多餐館被迫減少或關閉餐廳。 如果您想為當地的餐廳提供支持，請考慮訂購外賣店或購買禮品卡或商品。

“禮品卡就像無息貸款，”聖安東尼奧餐館老闆史蒂夫·麥克休（Steve McHugh）告訴《華盛頓郵報》。 贏得詹姆斯·比爾德獎的廚師愛德華多·喬丹（Edouardo Jordan）說，從禮品卡中獲得一些收入可以幫助一家餐館重新營業。

您還可以考慮通過向基金或非營利組織捐款來解僱被解僱的服務器和其他工人，例如餐館工人社區基金會和為餐館工人提供服務的非盈利組織餐館機會中心聯合。