This time last year, Jacqueline Canter, co-owner of Canter’s in Los Angeles, spent her birthday laying off about 100 employees by phone, hoping she’d be able to call them back when the delicatessen could reopen. “I had no idea [the pandemic] would go on for a year.”This weekend, she called some employees to offer them their jobs back. They had to turn on the power in the main dining room and move tables eight feet apart. So this time around, Jacqueline was happy to call employees and hire them back. Inside the restaurant, Knee finished eating.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 15, 2021 22:43 UTC