ABILENE, Kan. - Mark Martin’s family restaurant weathered two world wars, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression, serving up heaping plates of hand-battered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and creamed corn to a devoted clientele. But it could not survive the pandemic.
“We’re kind of in shock that this will be the end of it for us,” said Martin, the fourth generation to run the Brookville Hotel, a name that reflects its origins as a small hotel in nearby Brookville, Kansas that his family acquired in 1894. Martin, 70, said he was hopeful in the first months of the pandemic. The restaurant secured a $57,000 loan through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program - a vital lifeline, he said. Three-quarters of that went to pay his several dozen employees, “which allowed us to free up those dollars to pay other expenses, like the mortgage and gas bill — all the stuff a restaurant needs,” he said.
By the time they closed in September, he estimates he had lost $50,000 in total for the year, compared to the up to $50,000 annual profit he was used to.Martin and his wife Connie rebuilt the restaurant in Abilene in 2000, painstakingly mirroring the old hotel’s distinctive look, with a round-roof facade and the words “Since 1870” in large letters. His mortgage, which helped to fund the revamp, stands at around $700,000.
Among the personal things he took with him: the framed bronze medallion Brookville received in 2007 from the James Beard Foundation when they were given an ‘America’s Classics’ award.
another case of political over reach--conducive of so many across america----
Thanks, Trump.
Thanks to the lack of support from the current administration.
mcm_ct Same decoration since inauguration I guess..
You mean shut by insane decisions from the Govt (and that's valid almost worldwide).
This is the time to re-brand yourselves. Serve VeganFood and your business will thrive.
Fn bs if you’re afraid don’t go out. Everything should be open. If Congress open so should churches.
Rest time
Ask Trump to come to dinner.
was not shut down by the pandemic, but the irrational, ineffective response to the pandemic
Vote Bollier
the insanely over fried chicken can't have helped. If I let it go for half an hour, it gets tough.
Go vegan bro 🦋
They really have no excuse for this. They could have just used the same lessons they learned from the Spanish flu to keep their chicken business open. Heck, my local kfc was able to do it and it's staffed with morons.
Yep; Chinese President Your' from where, Michael....?....; Chinese President
Thank the president! And his administration, they are all losers for the USA
China should pay for her sins .It should be made to pay all countries for the her virus
Was it clorinated?
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