Friday Deadline To Join Pierce County Restaurant Rally

LAKEWOOD, WA — Restaurants have until the end of the work day Friday to enter to be a part of the upcoming Pierce County Restaurant Rally.

The rally is an event, designed by Pierce County leadership, to encourage residents to patronize local restaurants and bring in a little extra business amid the economic turn down caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The way it works is fairly simple:

• During the rally, participating restaurants offer a 30 percent discount to all dine-in patrons.
• In return, the county compensates the restraints by paying them an extra 50 percent of their gross sales.
  • Restaurants will be eligible to receive up to $90,000 during the rally, and no less than $5,000.

In order to qualify to receive that money, restaurants must:

• Be a licensed, full service restaurant with a NAICS Code of 722511, whose primary business is serving food to patrols who are seated and pay after eating.
• Be physically within Pierce County limits and have opened before March 23, 2020, and currently be open.
• Be able to provide weekly documentation of gross sales when the discounts are applied.

As for those who want to patronize local businesses and earn a hefty discount: the rally itself is coming up quick. It runs from November 8 through the 19, excluding that Friday and Saturday. The discount will not be applied to alcohol purchases.

Pandemic restrictions regarding restaurants did recently change, loosening some of the stricter guidelines. Restaurants are now allowed to serve larger tables and tables including people who are not from the same household. Alcohol service has also been extended from a 10 p.m. cutoff to 11 p.m.

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Restaurants can apply to join the rally online by visiting the Pierce County website here.