Belmar Restaurant's 50K Credit Line Pays Workers Amid Coronavirus

BELMAR – Here's a restaurant that's protecting its workers - both physically and financially.

Mike Morin and his brother, Bryan, co-owners of Federico’s Pizza and Restaurant on Main Street in Belmar, took out a credit line of $50,000 to make sure their employees will get paid during the coronavirus crisis.

They'll get their wages for about two months – and, for all intents and purposes, let's hope they don't need that much time.

Mike said he and his brother "weren't doing this for publicity."

"We had to protect our employees," he said. "We said, 'Let's go help our employees.' "

The brothers have been worried about the fate of their business, but they're more worried about their employees.

The brothers say they've been getting takeout customers. They'd like to get more, but the've been able to survive.

What they have gotten is a lot of people calling them up, and writing them, all to ask how they can help them.

"It's crazy," Mike said. "We've been getting calls from all over the country from people just wanting to donate."