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-- trying to keep their businesses.
-- quite literally and so joining us here onset is Toni Mae and -- may they -- restaurant tours of the owners of SD 26.
A wonderful restaurant here in Manhattan on Madison square park 26 -- Madison.
And on twin -- to Madison fifth.
Right okay well thank you both so much for being here obviously your hands are very following are you guys have a lot of things you're dealing with let's start with.
A little bit of history you guys have been restaurant tour is in Manhattan for a long time and you've weathered a couple of the major incidents here to say the least right.
When.
I have been Mars and the business for about fifteen years and in -- map to defense directive from zero.
In 1962 resource -- lifetime.
We'll have seen a number of things that afternoon in New York.
-- can be.
-- -- from -- the break out soon that -- a couple of major blackouts.
-- we few who.
Wall Street precious.
-- who -- -- red.
9/11.
And on 9/11 we have two restaurants -- the world through its center wow.
One -- on the ground.
Goodell leveled another one in the concourse level.
And we have survived.
Send the also she reminded -- sense that we are all well all of this stuff as well and -- we have a number we have a few people who work for us.
-- and wow candidate these employees and that all spread out to welcome them the didn't group Tri-State area and some new -- receives some.
Him.
It was just us some in the Bronx -- and wind.
And we have been in contact with them through via email -- -- bedroom -- -- -- looked a little bit.
You know figure things that you was and -- What we have a plan -- where we.
Wouldn't be able to wolf -- fully functional -- made -- that we get to the electricity back content.
And but I don't -- -- -- New Yorkers we.
We are tough so we assume well -- -- We've survived all this sort of stuff will survive this one -- we may even survivor.
Bloomberg.
-- -- well a New Yorkers certainly are resilient we love to hear these personal stories.
Congress tell -- what happened to ST 26 what happened to the restaurant did anything I am assuming.
He certainly lost power and that means all the food probably -- -- and many other damage to tell me about what's going on there.
We get a lot of foods slowly -- obviously ads alone they inventory is dying and so we we have to rebuild dog and I found we have no -- -- so we lost seller online reservation and -- We have no -- cause believe you can't -- I think actually able to get in touch with everyone.
Com and we will see we had some flooding in the basement and sagged into the fact that what opponents are now working in the buildings around -- so.
I was 1130 order coming up a virus strains in the basement kitchens but.
We'll be it lets you last.
Scoop it up and -- -- get it.
Out of there I've been -- and this is -- getting in and have electricity.
But the economics about you know very good for us because you know we always have -- 25.
To 35000.
All of -- were told before -- should until I'm -- you -- that how much.
-- hurt 25 to 35000.
Dollars wow.
You know we do we -- and -- Large -- restaurant a beautiful.
We.
A loan losses should be -- enough.
Payroll.
-- homers -- forty to 50000 dollars suits who.
Or income move which is.
Maybe younger than fifty to London's 75000.
Dollars a week.
And -- we have been we're going to moves I think have been -- -- to London 250000.
Dollars and this week could if -- am all for me you know we'll be able to -- that.
And how -- -- more time it takes for us to get dealer accused in the back.
The more the losses were among top right and a -- -- -- very concerned about our stuff in -- you know.
Illegal aren't they need to get in Atlanta where family business you know we are father -- eighteen so we and I to be corporate business and we.
You know we work within our means and we will do as much as we can to help my stats help my team -- our neighborhood and our -- the same time so.
We want to take care of our family my dad and I and I ST 26 restaurant team.
But also the neighborhood eventually went throughout been -- so.
Wow incredible -- -- and we all applied your efforts we know that this has been no easy road.
And I can't even imagine needed -- you know I admire you guys so much I I don't know anything about running a restaurant.
Every time I go to restaurants you you do you pick up the menu like -- -- have a lot of choices.
And into that you realize how much money it cost to put that many choices on the menu.
On and the idea of losing that matches it's you know financially devastating so hopefully -- insurance helps out.
But to UC so you see us who weren't we brought around and -- -- what has been small -- -- face but the real war Microsoft's in the morning.
My friend older coax Kamerion we're all the -- -- does not know where the older.
They're planning gives -- -- he has -- as the insurance is concerned.
And over -- the insurance or what new.
Do you buy liability insurance at all that is as you shortly -- real benefits right that is -- lost and -- is over us.
And I thank thank really want -- we want to encourage people to check out your restaurant you don't know when you'll be opened because we don't know when the power's going to be back on.
-- we want to share the web site for our viewers and have everybody check it out book market.
On your computer there is right there SD 26.
Look at this beautiful fabulous web -- -- scrolls through the interior of the restaurant some of the wonderful dishes you have the terrific drinks.
And when everything is up and running you guys will be ready to host everybody again and then -- Hopefully by -- tomorrow.
And I in my room.
According to World War II we have from of that who have televisions.
After information is that we should -- the my math and sugar to the -- -- back by tomorrow.
And everybody else body.
And on the eleventh a potential hopefully do we're beyond diamond that we would be an individual would tomorrow -- -- they give us.
And electricity at very reasonable time tomorrow.
OK very good well Toni -- -- made the owners of SD 26 restaurant here.
In Madison square park on Manhattan.
Best of luck to you and look forward to -- -- -- restaurant you're gonna tour are I think very extraordinary story with us today.
