ALdaco’s restaurants in the news: KSAT 12 features
SAN ANTONIO – Aldaco’s in Stone Oak is among the state’s more than 55,000 restaurants statewide that employ 1.6 million people, according to the Texas Restaurant Association.
Blanca Aldaco said she’s like many restaurant owners who are taking the necessary precautions to avoid potentially spreading the coronavirus.
Ahead of Gov. Greg Abbott’s news conference on Monday, the Texas Restaurant Association issued a news release saying it was “imploring state officials to keep restaurants open.”
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said following the press briefing that restaurants would be exempt from the 50-person limit indoors. However, if that were to change, Aldaco said take-out, drive-thru, curbside pickup and meal delivery services would help keep many employees on the job.
If the worst-case scenario were to happen, and restaurants would face temporary closure, Aldaco said, that would be “definitely devastating.” But, she said, “I will find a way somehow to retain my staff.”
Among them would be employees like Gina Torres, a single mother. She spoke for others like herself by saying, “It’s a scary situation.”
“We have bills. We have rent. We have electricity. How’s that going to be taken care of if we’re out of work?” Torres said.
Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D., president and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, said, the state’s second-largest employer for many is “their primary source of income.”