Chefs cook unused food for servers in virus crisis

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A beer garden in Washington D.C. is now where a steady stream of hospitality industry workers line up to get much-needed care packages amid the novel coronavirus pandemic that has dealt a blow to the restaurant business.
Anna Valero, owner of Hook Hall, said they came up with the idea of setting up a relief center after their own crew members began struggling to find basic necessities like toilet paper, toothpaste and food.
Some of the people waiting for aid on a recent Friday had worked in the hospitality industry for years, but are now without steady pay as restaurants shut their doors or scale back services to offer only takeouts and deliveries.
That's the case of Sundae Boldware, a server who recently went with her 10-year-old daughter to collect the brown bag care kit and hot meal given out each night at Hook Hall's carryout window from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
"Right now we're out of work because of the coronavirus," Boldware said. "So this has really affected our situation."
Hook Hall's care kits are assembled with items they get from distributors such as much-sought after toilet paper, pasta bread and canned food. In addition to that, area chefs stepped in to cook hot meals with donated food.

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