Hodel's continues with Take Out Option

Hodel's continues with Take Out Option

MONITORING,WITH COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICIALS SAYING CERTAINBUSINESSES SECTORS, SHOULDEXPECT TO SEE NEW STATEMANDATED GUIDELINES BY THE ENDOF THE WEEK.AND WHILE RESTAURANTS HAVEALREADY SEEN A SECONDSHUTDOWN, ONE PARTICULAR STYLEOF RESTAURANT ISFEELING THE PRESSURE OF CHANGE.23ABC'S BAYNE FRONEY JOINS USLIVE IN NORTHWEST BAKERSFIELDWHERE SHE CAUGHT UP WITH ONEBUFFETRESTAURANT TO SEE HOW THINGS AREGOING FOR THEM.

BAYNE.HODEL'S COUNTRY DINING HAS BEENSERVING THEIR COUNTRY STYLEFOOD FOR OVER 50 YEARS, BUT WITHTHE PANDEMIC, IT HAS CHANGEDTHEIR ABILITY TO SUPPLY ANIN-PERSON ATMOSPHERE.THE BUFFET STYLE RESTAURANT HASHAD TOCOMPLETELY CHANGE THEIRSTRATEGY."WE HAVE FOCUSED ALL OF OURENERGYTO TAKE OUT, WHICH IS NEW FORHODEL'S.

BEING A BUFFET, YOUKNOW WE GOT HIT ADOUBLE WHAMMY."WHILE HODEL'S IS ONLY DOING TAKEOUT ORDERS, THEY HAVEAPPRECIATED THE LARGE SUPPORTFROM THE BAKERSFIELDCOMMUNITY"IF I COULD CONVERT THE 'IMSORRY'S" ANDTHE "THANK YOUS" INTO MONEY, WEWOULD BE FINE, YOU KNOW SO LOTSOFSUPPORT, WE APPRECIATEBAKERSFIELD, THEY'VE BEEN GOODTO US, WEJUST, WE'LL GET THROUGH THISTOGETHER."HODEL'S HAS NOT HAD TO CHANGETHEIR OPENING HOURS YET, BUT ITMAY BE A POSSIBILITY IN THEFUTURE."LIKE MONDAY AFTERNOONS, BOYTHOSE ARE DEAD, AND A LOT OFPLACES ARE CLOSING ON MONDAY,TUESDAY..

SO WEARE LOOKING AT THOSE KINDS OFOPTIONS." LUCKILY, HODEL'S HASBEEN ABLE TO KEEP STAFF ON ANDBE ABLE TOSUPPORT THEIR WORKERS DURINGTHIS TIME.

BUT HE HAS SOMEADVICE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES WHOMAY BE AFFECTEDBY THE UPCOMING MONITORINGSTAGE.

"YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID,WE ARE IN THISTOGETHER AND YOU WANT TO ALL YOUCAN TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH,SO DO YOUR DUEDILIGENCE...YOU'LL SEE JUST HOWHARD WE ARE WORKING TOKEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR YOUAND FOR US."IF YOU WANT TO HELP SUPPORTHODEL'S AND ORDER TAKE OUT,YOU CAN GO TO TURNTO23.COM ANDTHERE WILL BE A LINK TO THEIRWEBSITE