Virus humbles once-thriving restaurants in Snohomish County
EVERETT — Tough times are nothing new for Grace Correa of Everett.
Amid a divorce in 2017, she lost her restaurant, slept in her car for three months, and fell victim to a hit-and-run. She took $25,000 from the insurance settlement and invested it in a new restaurant.
Gracie’s Cuisine opened in December on Everett Mall Way, offering a blend of Filipino and American dishes: sizzling platters of bistek tagalog, adobo burgers and rice cakes.
At the start of the year, sales were steady, about $1,000 per day. But business came to a screeching halt in March, when a statewide ban on sit-down dining pressured many restaurants to close temporarily or permanently. The noose tightened further March 23, following an order by Gov. Jay Inslee telling people to stay home as much as possible, with exceptions for essentials and takeout.
Correa, 47, has averaged as little as $80 a day in sales lately.
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