Resources for restaurant owners and staff to navigate COVID-19

Financial information

• See FAQs about the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act including details about access to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s general business loan program and economic injury disaster loans, deferments for certain existing loans, and loan forgiveness.
• The National Restaurant Association compiled a state-specific list of COVID-19 government response and relief programs.
• Visit the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for information on state-specific disaster loan assistance if you need to apply for a loan to keep current operations running.
• The James Beard Foundation has created a JBF Relief Fund and is working on application materials.
• View an advocacy toolkit from the James Beard Foundation for restaurant owners to support chef advocacy in response to the closures related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
• View up-to-date information from the IRS on tax credits and extensions for businesses.
• The Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC) is bringing together small businesses across the country to ask for economic support and aid.
• To support restaurant industry employees impacted by COVID-19, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is providing $500 grants per person through the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund
• Restaurants Care is an emergency relief fund for foodservice workers in crisis in California offering COVID-19 relief grants for workers who are ineligible for unemployment. For help or to donate visit restaurantscare.org.