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August 13, 2020

Restaurant group seeks $120B pandemic fund

  • The Independent Restaurant Coalition says it represents almost 500,000 restaurants — and 85% of its members are not sure they can reopen.
    • By MARCY GORDON
    AP Business Writer

    WASHINGTON — Amanda Cohen is a leader of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, a new lobbying group of chefs and restaurants that was formed in response to the viral pandemic. Professionally, Cohen is the chef and owner of Dirt Candy, a fine-dining vegetarian restaurant in New York City.

    The Associated Press spoke recently with Cohen about the coalition, whose leadership includes many other prominent chefs, including Jose Andres, Marcus Samuelsson and Thomas Keller.


     
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