DAILY LOG - MARCH 2020 - ONE YEAR AGO
Sunday, March 1st, 2020 (6 CXL)
The beginning of the dark-ish days? Not sure what to make of this virus issue, but we will do our best and handle it. No folks on the street today…
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 (20 CXL)
Quite slow, though the room was buzzing and “seemed” busy because of timing of seatings. Nice people…
Friday, March 6th, 2020 (28 CXL)
Meh. Not cute. Very nice and very vocally supportive guests. Lots of comments on the safe space feel of Copine and how it makes guests comforted in an uncertain time. That makes me happy. I cannot control business levels at this point.
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 (45 CXL)
Very supportive guests trying to help us out by showing up. We are hanging on by a thread; I have payroll this week and very little bookings to shore up reserves. Getting a bit scary but we are just trying to stay calm and control what we can.
Sunday, March 8th, 2020
Better than expected. The stress is very hard to manage in moments and my knuckles are raw from hand washing.
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
We have definitely hit the period in time where we are struggling for covers. Usually we are stacked up for the weekends. Right now I am at 14 for Friday and 34 for Saturday = less than one of these evenings typical services. Diagnosis of Tom Hanks makes this situation more real for the middle america folks who felt immune, I think.
Saturday, March 14th, 2020 (47 CXL)
Absolutely incredible people supporting us right now. Everyone thanked me for being open, but I think next week we will have to move to take out only.
Sunday, March 15th, 2020 (12 CXL)
Whelp, this is it for normal dine in service for a while. Governor has shut us down, as he should. We will brainstorm new to-go solutions asap. We need a few days to organize and process everything that has happened. Sigh. We need to make it through this.
Thank you, Seattle, for all you have done to support us during this pandemic. Better days feel around the corner…we could not have done it without you.