FEATURE STORY
6 • January 2021
Coast River Business Journal
Industry Spotlight:
Lasting changes
Long Beach Peninsula restaurants look toward life after vaccine
Story by Emily Lindblom
Coast River Business Journal
elindblom@crbizjournal.com
A
s the new year begins and
COVID-19 vaccines are
starting to become available
locally, restaurant owners on
the Long Beach Peninsula
refl ect on the changes they’ve
made to keep their businesses afl oat through 2020.
Some of those changes are likely to last into the
future, even in a post-coronavirus world.
Andi Day, executive director of the Long
Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, said many local
restaurant owners have adapted to restrictions
meant to curb the spread of COVID-19, including
a second closure of indoor dining that started in
mid-November.
“We’re just really trying to serve our businesses
and community and keep everyone safe and connect
everyone to the resources they need to survive,”
Day said. Some of these resources have included
grant and loan opportunities and partnering on local
marketing promotions.
“We are also working to secure resources,
rebuild our team and plan so that we will be able
to refocus on marketing to visitors and implement a
tourism recovery strategy quickly when the time is
right,” Day said.
Salt Hotel & Pub
Jules Orr and Laila Brown own the Salt Hotel &
Pub overlooking the marina in Ilwaco.
“We full-on support any effort to mitigate
COVID and we made the decision when we
CAROLYN HOARD
A server at Salt Hotel & Pub brings meals to customers seated outside in December.
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