Costing one eatery

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Liliya China Bistro on 2nd and Main St. found out about the march yesterday (Monday) and were at full lunch staffing today, said Eddie Kim, manager of the restaurant, which is one block away from City Hall. They were not open last year.

Usually their peak hours for lunch are 11-1:30 p.m., and the restaurant, which can hold around 70 people on its two levels, is packed with customers and has a line. They usually get about 150 customers throughout the lunch hour, sometimes more. Today they had maybe a couple dozen customers, Kim said. He estimates the restaurant lost about $1,200 today.

Next year if there is the same march, he said the restaurant will ‘probably cut down staffing to half’ of the six people they normally have working during the lunch hour.

-Tami Abdollah