MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Because the proprietor of Cave Vin for 19 years, Ken Wills has at all times given again to the Armitage neighborhood. Now the neighborhood has discovered a strategy to give again to him.

“It has been very rewarding. Makes you’re feeling very, gratitude isn’t even the phrase,” mentioned Wills.

Earlier than the pandemic, Wills says the high-quality informal restaurant in southwest Minneapolis was open 5 days per week.

However now its all the way down to solely 3 days per week as a result of the labor scarcity has made it laborious to seek out sufficient staff to employees the restaurant.

“It is simply been a unique type of complexity to seek out high quality folks,” mentioned Wills.

Over the weekend, Wills requested on Fb if anybody might assist serve on Saturday evening. 

Inside an hour and a half, he had a dozen responses from prospects, neighbors and even full strangers. 

4 of them volunteered their time to serve meals and have a tendency bar, even donating their tricks to the kitchen employees.

“I feel with COVID, we have seen numerous nice small companies shut down and I do not need to see that occur to Cave Vin,” mentioned Brenda Hunter-Hanson.

Wills says he wish to know the place all of the hospitality staff went, however he’s grateful when his restaurant wanted assist, so many individuals stepped as much as the plate.

“I’d like to be as much as 5 nights per week once more and absolutely staffed and simply roll proper on. Simply do not know the right way to do it fairly but,” mentioned Wills.