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New York City restaurants and bars are still reeling weeks after Govern Andrew Cuomo’s state-mandated shutdown of dine-in services in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In the days following the news, many restaurants have pivoted to delivery and takeout — while others have received funding from food relief efforts — but it’s nowhere near enough to sustain current staff levels, with some restaurants slimming their numbers by as much as 90 percent.
For the majority of the city’s restaurants, the only option left available has been to terminate the entirety of their staffs — sometimes by the thousands, sometimes by mass email — and encouraging workers to apply for state unemployment insurance. Most workers who have lost their jobs have also lost their primary source of income and their employer-sponsored health care with no end in sight.
New York City restaurants and bars are currently facing the largest disruption to the hospitality industry since major events like September 11, the 2008 financial crisis, and Hurricane Sandy. Below, we’re including an updated list of restaurants that have turned to the public to crowd-source funds to continue paying their staffs during this uncertain time. For a list of a national relief organizations, please see our related coverage.
Manhattan
L’Accolade Restaurant Staff Disaster Relief Fund
Staff Relief Fund (Acme, Ray’s, The Happiest Hour, Slowly Shirley, and Tijuana Picnic)
Augustine Employee COVID-19 Relief Fund
Help Support L’Avenue Employees
Epicurean Family Support Fund (L’Artusi, Anfora)
Support for Atofam (Atoboy, Atomix)
Balthazar Relief Fund COVID-19
Bathtub Gin & The 18th Room Staff Relief Fund
Help B&H Dairy Restaurant Survive COVID-19
COVID-19 Support for Brandy Library Family
Cafeteria & Empire Diner Family Fund
Please help Cafe Luxembourg, the Odeon, and Cafe Cluny employees
Caracas Arepa Bar Staff Fundraiser
Carmine’s TSQ & UWS Employee Relief Fund
Charlie Bird Staff Relief Fund
Chinese Tuxedo & Peachy’s Staff Relief Fund
La Compagnie Des Vins Surnaturels Hourly Worker Tip Jar
Contra and Wildair Staff Relief Fund
The Dead Rabbit Staff Relief Fund
Flex Mussels Employee Support Fund
Hole In The Wall Staff Support
The Izakaya NYC Never Give Up Fund
Help the Joe Allen, Orso, and Bar Centrale Staff
Joe Coffee Employee Relief Fund
Kobrick Coffee Co. Cafe Staff Fund
Legacy Records Staff Relief Fund
Little Owl, Market Table, and The Clam
Lucky Strike Employee Covid-19 Relief Fund
Luthun Restaurant Worker’s Relief Fund
Matter House (Altro Paradiso, Estela, Flora Bar)
Restaurant Marc Forgione Employees Fund
Minetta Tavern Employees Need Your Help!
Motel Morris Staff Relief Fund
Morandi Employee COVID-19 Relief Fund
Pasquale Jones Staff Relief Fund
Park Bar & Black Door Staff Support Fund
Pegu Club Cocktail Bar Staff Relief Fund
The Riddler Employee Assistance Program (NYC, SF)
Employee Fund for Ruffian and Kindred
Quality Italian NY Employee Relief Fund
Trailer Park Staff Relief Kitty
Trinity Pub’s Beloved Bar Staff
La Vara, Txikito, El Quinto Pino, and Saint Julivert
Via Carota & Bar Pisellino Community
Virgil’s Real BBQ Time Square Relief Fund
Walker’s Tribeca Bar and Service Staff Relief Fund
Zooba NYC Employee Relief Fund
Brooklyn
Al Di La Trattoria Family Fund
Alta Calidad Employee Relief Fund
Angry Wades, Dram Shop, and Gueros Staff Relief Fund
Staff Relief Fund at The Awkward Scone
Bernie’s & Frankel’s Employee Fund
Black Forest Brooklyn Employee Relief Fund
Brooklyn Cider House Family Fund
Casa Publica Employee Relief Fund
Chez Moi & Boudoir Staff Relief Funds
Clover Club & Leyenda Staff Relief Fund
Colonia Verde Worker’s Relief Fund
Colonie & Gran Electrica & Pips Employee Relief
Faro Staff Disaster Relief Fund
Four Horsemen and Daymoves/Nightmoves Staff Fund
Grovehouse Family Fund (Lilia, Misi)
The Team at Hart’s, Cervo’s, The Fly
Henry Public Employee Relief Fund
Help our Hunky’s Fund (Hunky Dory)
Hot Bread Kitchen Alumni Emergency Relief Fund
Insa & The Good Fork Staff Fund
Friends of Jack the Horse Tavern
JAMES Staff Emergency Relief Fund
Jupiter Disco Staff Relief Fund
Meme’s Diner Staff Relief Fund
Roberta’s Employee Relief Fund
Support For Our Flock Staff Fund (Nitehawk Theater)
Olmsted & Maison Yaki Staff Disaster Relief Fund
The Quarter Brooklyn Restaurant Relief Fund
Walter’s and Karasu Support For Our Laid Off Staff
Queens
Adda, Rahi, and Masalawala Staff Support Fund
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