The owner of one of Liverpool’s most popular restaurants says she won’t be giving up “without a fight” after the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing cost of living crisis continue to threaten her business.
According to Candace, once the new setup was underway during lockdown, things moved quite quickly because unlike many other businesses, Delifonseca isn’t just a restaurant - it has a food hall, a butchers and a website, which allowed people to get hold of essentials when they needed it most. Once things opened back up again after lockdown and life got back to ‘normal’, many would have expected things to bounce right back. However, Candace says Delifonseca has continued to face a number of challenges.
“You have to be clever about it, don’t compromise on quality but you can change which cuts of meat you serve. We’ve always had a changing menu, you just have to get creative.” “I don’t think we’ve ever felt like we’re back on our feet and it would be easy to dwell on the negative, but at the same time you’ve got to be positive. The only way is to work through this and work hard.