AJC - Georgia restaurants struggle, businesses and workers on edge

Bottles & Bones in Suwanee opened about a month ago, serving diners seven days a week. But business took a dive over the past weekend. 

Monday, owner Rob Taranto said Monday he would try to stay open Thursday through Saturday, hoping to operate . 

Two days later, he decided he had to close.

Bottles & Bones employed 45, most of them wage earners who are now unemployed. 

With testing still minimal and the number of confirmed cases still rising, even experts are not sure how long the crisis will continue.

Meanwhile, pain in the restaurant sector will not stay in the restaurant sector. The state’s restaurants were on track this year to account for $25 billion in sales, according to the Georgia Restaurant Association. And those 19,700 restaurants buy supplies from myriad other companies that sell everything from food to paper goods.

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Written by: Michael E. Kanell