Bayley’s, a south Alabama seafood restaurant with 75 years of history behind it, is about to close because of a hiring issue. “What we need is, we need cooks,” Bill Bayley said.
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, a concoction of onion, crabmeat, cider vinegar and other ingredients. They’re also said to have turned the Gulf Coast on to fried crab claws, now such a commonplace appetizer that it’s hard to think of them as ever having been a novelty. And if you wanted even more shrimp, one way to do that was to add a cup of Nita’s Gumbo; the name is an enduring tribute to the late Anita Bayley. “It was her recipe,” said Carol Bayley, who married Bill Jr. about three years ago.
“My mom said she used to come here as a kid, back in the ‘60s,” she said. “It’s been a regular staple, I guess, for our family.”Bill Bayley said he’s about to close because of a specific hiring issue, not the general hiring and staff retention issues plaguing the industry since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We held our own during the pandemic by doing to-go orders,” said Carol Bayley. “The one thing Bayley’s has is some very faithful and loyal customers over the years.
They’re taking applications. If they find the people they need, they said, they might be able to keep things going or return after a brief break. Interested cooks are interested to call and come by to fill out an application.“The sad thing is the employees are losing their jobs because the business is closing,” Carol Bayley said. “We have wonderful, wonderful employees.”
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