Feb 18, 2022
Once again, Lisa Schroeder joins us to
discuss the challenges she's had to navigate at home and at her
restaurant, Mother's Bistro. Lisa invested her life savings and so
much energy into her new, larger location prior to the pandemic.
Now that business requires a lot more of everything from staff, to
money and yes, customers. Lisa talks about all the challenges
the last two years have presented, including financing to keep the
business rolling (and how she procured grants to keep things
going), staffing shortages and her take on today's industry work
ethic and what it takes to work at Mother's. We also talk
about the vandalism her restaurant has sustained, what the city
might do to turn things around, and operating an establishment that
surely relied on tourism... without tourism. Lisa also shares
with us that she and her husband Rob have raised her grandchildren
right through the pandemic WITH NO KITCHEN AT HOME!!! You
couldn't write this.
We also hear from Lisa what some of her
favorite spots are in Portland, and where she and Rob eat these
days.
Right at the Fork is supported by:
Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com
RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com