The California Restaurant Foundation has awards grants to 132 single-unit restaurants in L.A. County, including more than 20 in the Valley region.The grants give each restaurateur up to $3,500 as part of the organization’s Restaurants Care Resilience Fund. Local recipients include Vino Wine & Tapas Room in Encino, AJ Noodles in Glendale, Siri Thai Cuisine in Burbank and more than a dozen others.To qualify, the restaurants had to be a single unit, employ fewer than 50 staff members, be currently open and have experienced a revenue loss of at least 20 percent from 2019-2020.In March, the foundation partnered with corporate sponsors Pacific Gas & Electric Co., SoCalGas and San Diego Gas & Electric to launch the Resilience Fund. The companies collectively donated $1.25 million to fund grants up to $3,500 for small restaurants, with a portion of the donations going to the foundation’s hardship fund for food and beverage workers facing unforeseen crisis.
Wells Fargo donated an additional $250,000 to provide year-long support services to the grant recipients.Statewide the foundation bestowed 318 grants.
Foundation Funds Grants to Valley Restaurants
