“I think the biggest thing for us is just the unknown,” says Dan Connelly, Managing Partner of Earls Kitchen + Bar. “We place our order on a pretty regular routine, we prep, we create from scratch, and when you place an order and it doesn’t show up and your answer on when the next one becomes we don’t know yet, it’s difficult to deal with.”
Earls Kitchen + Bar is one of those dependent on the Lower Mainland normally for product, although Connelly is hoping Alberta will deliver a lifeline for his locally-owned business by the weekend.
“The biggest thing we need is patience,” says Connelly.
At this point in time, inside Earls it appears to be business as usual, and all normal plates remain on the menu although that could change if shipments continue to be pushed back.
Other Prince George restaurants have been luckier as they normally get their products from Alberta, although they are concerned as well what the flooding in BC’s Fraser Valley will mean for supply shortages going forward.
“Well it currently hasn’t affected us yet,” says Fallon Moreland, Owner of the White Goose Bistro. “We are hearing though that there is going to be mass shortages of eggs, dairy, bread, those are the big struggles, the same with seafood.”
The White Goose located downtown Prince George says they have already struggled for months to get lobster for many of their dishes, and this storm will likely make things even worse.
Other local restaurants who spoke to CKPG News say they are feeling the effects of the floods as well but are making the best out of what they do have in stock, as they anxiously await deliveries.
Connelly says the community can help by just giving all locally owned establishments some patience and understanding as they work their way through the crisis.
