We hope you are all healthy and well in this crazy time.

First off, THANK YOU for your moral support, purchasing meals, gift cards, hats and t-shirts, and being awesome. Because of you, we are hopeful we will be able to find our way through the months ahead.

Many people are curious so we want to share an update with you. We get a lot of questions about how things are going and what it is like to be in the restaurant business right now. We are going on 28 years of owning The Sink and 8 years of our partnership in West Flanders Brewing Co. Just like you, we never thought that everything would just stop all at once. 2019 was our best year ever. 2020 that all changed.

We have had challenges before with two recessions and the flood. Things like shutting down for one or two days due to weather or having access to the restaurant blocked by construction used to seem like a big deal. Now we have this time to compare to and it reminds us not to sweat the small stuff.
We do not know what lies ahead. We are likely to reopen to just 50% occupancy and that restriction could be in place for the near future. The restaurant/hospitality/entertainment industry is a different scenario than most others. We rely on crowds for our energy. Our finances are built on people coming together, not staying apart. We will be one of the last industries to go “back to normal”. Whatever that is.