The hardest moments were laying off our staff, and we did it two different times. It was gut-wrenching. There was also the thought of someone getting sick because of something we did or didn’t do.The hardest moments business-wise were having enough staff for the business levels we have experienced. At first, we didn’t have enough because we were so busy. Once we were staffed up, we had too many associates when the City and County moved to outdoor-only seating.
Diego Coconati and Erasmo"Ras" Casiano outside Stanley Marketplace, the home of Create Cooking School.Nothing. On a personal and business-owner level, without the pressure of the pandemic, we wouldn't have learned what we learned about ourselves, about the team, about what needed to change in the industry, and what we could do that was in our power to change.Truly, I don’t think I would have done anything differently.