Pritzker locks down more Illinois regions, again hitting struggling bars and restaurants – Illinois Policy

Kristan Vaughan’s family already gave up one and is trying to sell a second of their seven Irish pubs in the Chicago area. She is also exploring moving out of Illinois, but her inability to sell the restaurants for what is owed is keeping her here. “I was just thinking we could ink our way through to April when it’s warm again, but I guess I let myself start to believe too soon.”
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DixonSyder
5 years ago

A little off Illinois topic but yesterday the wife and I took a sanity ride to Wisconsin, mainly Rock and Green counties to escape from the livingroom lockdown. Found a nice bar/restaurant that was open for inside seating. A conversation with the owner he told me that his beer distributor, who covers several counties, told him that over 200 bar and restaurants have closed since lockdowns and restrictions were put in place. By January the distributor thinks 600 more will close. Staggering information. Loss of jobs and tax revenue will damage the local economies for years. Double or triple those… Read more »

chumpchange
5 years ago

Thank you Sir may I have another . . .!!

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