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www.HartfordBusiness.com • April 20, 2020 • Hartford Business Journal 11 via government fiat. "I think customers are still going to be scared," Grant said. "And if there's heavy social distancing — which there should be — I don't know how many people I'll be able to have in the building." Grant said his brother, a partner in the business, is applying for federal stimulus money, but they're not sure they will qualify. Industry support Tyler Anderson has been serving takeout orders at his restaurants — Millwrights in Simsbury and Square Peg Pizzeria in Glastonbury — since the closures began. The two eater- ies he owns in hotels (Terreno in Hartford's Goodwin Hotel and Hamilton Park at the Blake Hotel in New Haven) are tem- porarily closed. Anderson, who is also seeking stimu- lus funds for his businesses, is a bit more optimistic about customers returning to res- taurants when they reopen. But his concern for front-of-house workers currently laid off led him to organize with Grant weekly "family meals" for restaurant workers. Restaurant workers currently out of work can get a free takeout meal at Millwrights, Tuesdays between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and at Bricco on Sundays starting at 2 p.m. Since they started, each restaurant has made up to 75 meals that serve two people each for family dinner, costing them about $300 for food (which is why Anderson started the Venmo account @familymealfund to receive donations). "When you talk about the effect on tipped employees, this started weeks and weeks [before other industries], because volume at restaurants started going down" before they were ordered to close, Anderson said. Yung, the currently out- of-work server at Bricco, has pitched in for the family meals by mak- ing cookies for dessert. He will always respect Anderson and Grant for doing everything they can to support restaurant work- ers in a difficult time, and knows people who need any help they can get. "I miss work tremendously; I miss the noise, I miss my regular customers, I miss everyone I work with," Yung said. "It's just part of who I am." TM (including machine shops) of our business banking customers stick with us. % $7,500,000 Revolving Credit Line Fleet Management Leasing Farmington, CT $300,000 SBA Express Line of Credit Structural Steel Erection Hamden, CT $2,750,000 Commercial Mortgage Housing & Support Services Unionville, CT $50,000 Business Line of Credit Tree Removal and Installation Bethany, CT $1,150,875 Construction Mortgage Residential Home Builder/Developer Southington, CT Preferred SBA Lender with flexible business loans. $89,000 Equipment Term Loan Refuse, Recycling, and Disposal Plantsville, CT Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender IonBank.com • 203.729.4442 Tyler Anderson in Millwrights' kitchen, open only for takeout. Bricco has been offering free food to laid-off workers. PHOTO | HBJ FILE PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED IGNITE Joy Reimagine Join the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for a Virtual Bravo! Gala Simply visit www.hartfordsymphony.org/bravo Questions? Please email Jen Galante at jgalante@hartfordsymphony.org Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 7:00PM • Register for our Online auction, opening 4/20/20 • Tune in for the Virtual Gala on 5/2/20 at 7PM • Donate to support the Symphony NOW while simultaneously funding the future of HSO's education and community programs!