Pendleton Restaurants Climbing Back Into Black
PENDLETON - When road construction was at its busiest here in Pendleton, Charburger was in dire straights.
"We thought we were going to close. Everyone started looking for another job," said Charburger's Penny Surran.
Then this spring, the road was paved and customers were ready for lunch.
"Now that the roads are repaired, we're coming back to these places. We do like these local places a lot," said Pendleton resident Shelley Schmidt.
The same can be said for The Hut. A few months ago they told KEPR Action News they were losing $300 a day in business. That's almost $10,000 a month. Now, The Hut is recovering.
"It's definitely picked up. We've had good days. Some old people still aren't back, but they will be soon," said The Hut's Marjorie Bonifer.
These seats were empty in January. Now people are back for seconds.
"We've had lots of good days lately. We're back to normal. Yesterday was a good day," said Bonifer.
The Hut told me bad days are now a loss of $100 a day, not $300.
"It's been so nice getting reacquainted with everybody having them come back through. We're happy the roads are done and everybody is happy to get through it without all the construction," said Surran.
The construction will be gone faster than anyone expected.
The Court and Dorion project is set to finish a full month ahead of schedule.
"We thought we were going to close. Everyone started looking for another job," said Charburger's Penny Surran.
Then this spring, the road was paved and customers were ready for lunch.
"Now that the roads are repaired, we're coming back to these places. We do like these local places a lot," said Pendleton resident Shelley Schmidt.
The same can be said for The Hut. A few months ago they told KEPR Action News they were losing $300 a day in business. That's almost $10,000 a month. Now, The Hut is recovering.
"It's definitely picked up. We've had good days. Some old people still aren't back, but they will be soon," said The Hut's Marjorie Bonifer.
These seats were empty in January. Now people are back for seconds.
"We've had lots of good days lately. We're back to normal. Yesterday was a good day," said Bonifer.
The Hut told me bad days are now a loss of $100 a day, not $300.
"It's been so nice getting reacquainted with everybody having them come back through. We're happy the roads are done and everybody is happy to get through it without all the construction," said Surran.
The construction will be gone faster than anyone expected.
The Court and Dorion project is set to finish a full month ahead of schedule.
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