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A local restaurant in El Centro is recovering after letting go more than half of its staff

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May 11, 2020 11:56 PM
Published 5:24 PM

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Restaurants in Imperial County are still not allowed to offer dine-in services still a restaurant owner in El Centro says he is starting to recover after having to let go of more than half his staff.

They were selling only forty percent of what they used to sell monthly. Now they are selling almost what they used to sell before the stay at home orders. 

“Our sales are about 80-85 percent similar to what they were before the pandemic and we’ve even reached 90 percent just this last weekend we had 95 percent similar sales as we did before this pandemic.”

Gallegos credits the community for supporting his business. He also says this pandemic has taught him a lot as a person and business owner. 

“I have many friends who also are in the food industry and as owners, we all agreed that many times we weren’t as vigilant as we should’ve been and that’s not good. We have to be better and check everything. Why? so our clients are satisfied and they like coming here to eat at Flautas y Sopas and we become their preference."

Currently the state of California and the county is only allowing take out. 

"I think we’ll last a bit longer like this and once people can dine- in again I hope everything goes back to normal." 

In a press conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that re-opening will gradually happen and it might just be weeks away. 

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