{"id":2782,"date":"2020-05-16T19:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T19:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:11","slug":"on-ninth-street-a-downsized-happy-hale-hangs-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/05\/16\/on-ninth-street-a-downsized-happy-hale-hangs-on\/","title":{"rendered":"On Ninth Street, Happy + Hale offers to-go fare and ‘kindness’"},"content":{"rendered":"
On a Sunday in March, Duke University student Olivia Stohrer arrived at Happy + Hale ready to work another dinner rush.<\/p>\n
After tucking her bun under a signature green hat, she saw what had become familiar: customers crowding the order line and filling cafeteria-style tables.<\/p>\n
Within two weeks, those tables would stand empty. Bottles of hand sanitizer and buckets of disinfectant would appear. And Stohrer\u2019s job would be gone.<\/p>\n
After Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all restaurants to suspend dine-in operations on March 17, Durham\u2019s lively restaurant scene was thrown into chaos. Many of the city\u2019s 400 eateries<\/a> had to recreate themselves or close.<\/p>\n