restaurant-workers

States seek to let teens as young as 14 serve booze in restaurants

BY: - August 7, 2023

WASHINGTON — As a former bartender and current tipped worker, Trupti Patel knows that customers tend to get grabby when there is alcohol involved. After working in the food service industry for more than a decade, she is accustomed to dealing with drunk customers who get out of hand, especially if they become belligerent or […]

Restaurants, gyms can go to 75 percent capacity starting April 4, Wolf says

BY: - March 15, 2021

The changes, which will take effect on April 4, allow restaurants to resume bar service and allow alcohol sales without the purchase of food, removes the curfew for alcoholic beverages at tables and increases the indoor-dining capacity to 75 percent.  

Erie County residents and restaurants partner on Facebook during coronavirus shutdowns 

BY: - March 31, 2020

A new Facebook group with nearly 19,000 members helps inform and employ Erie restaurant workers.