After six employees got COVID, Richard Mott of the North Pond in Lincoln Park decided Monday to cancel New Year’s Eve reservations. “We had two wedding proposals scheduled for the night. We’ve been open 23 years. We’ve had a wedding proposal on New Year’s every year we’ve been open except one,” he said. “It’s just kind of sad to call someone up and tell them that.”
A restaurant can’t operate if they don’t have staff. He acts like he’s doing this for the public good, but in reality, he doesn’t have the staff to even open up. He’d be open if his kitchen had enough cooks and servers.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
A restaurant can’t operate if they don’t have staff. He acts like he’s doing this for the public good, but in reality, he doesn’t have the staff to even open up. He’d be open if his kitchen had enough cooks and servers.
It sounds very altruistic in his version, but chances are good you’ve found the ‘root cause.’