LAS CRUCES – The scent of eggs, potatoes and chilli will return to Valley Drive, as The Shed is scheduled to open on Thursday, September 10 for an in-person dinner after it closes in the past six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. .
The owner, Gabriel Mendoza, said the place to eat would open to state standards of 25% indoor capacity and 75% capacity, as well as offering a takeaway and window service, and explained that he had noticed that there were other places to eat in inventory. in staff openings and renovations, only to lose their investment because they were forced to close again.
“They gave us to see the writing on the wall there and stay closed,” Mendoza said. He added that they were not looking to postpone because their popular breakfasts did not necessarily drive to those arrangements.
“Most of our activity is breakfast. And eggs, and things like that, don’t tend to be good, you know, when you pick them up and then you take them home and, you know, they don’t have blood and they’re not that good,” Mendoza said. We feel that, you know, the quality of our product would have diminished. “
Now that public gymnastics requests for the service capacity of places to eat have been reduced, Mendoza said it made sense for them to re-open, with takeaway functions that complement the place’s dining service. Because they were closed for six months, Mendoza said the company had lost at least 50% of this year’s profits, closer to 25% more because it still had rental, water, fuel and electricity costs to pay for that period.
With such a monetary blow and the “impatient” workers to return to work, their resolve to prepare for reopening. Approximately 18 workers retire and protection has become a priority. Mendoza said that each of the staff members has been tested and that everyone will be monitored for the temperature before entering construction every day.
Customers will be examined until they are allowed in, however, they will be encouraged to wear a mask unless they eat.
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“We only ask the public to respect us and not to retire to enter without a mask, they will deny you service,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza said the place to eat will offer its full menu, as long as materials are available, and will also be transferred to paperless menus. Customers will need to scan a code on their phone to demonstrate the menu, reducing the environmental footprint of the place to eat.
The announcement of its opening through the shed was received with wonderful enthusiasm from the public. Mendoza said his social media post had gained many messages from customers. “Everyone has supported our efforts to open up. “
The hangar will be open from 7:30 a. m. at 2 p. m. Thursday to Sunday from September 10.
Leah Romero is a member of the New Mexico Local News Fund and can be contacted lromero@lcsun-news. com or @rromero_leah on Twitter.