DELIVERY.
DELIVERY. BETH McEVOY FOUND ONE DINER 4@ DOING ALL THEY CAN 4@TO KEEP FR
CLOSING.
>> Reporter: THE RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY IS REELING, BUT
CHRISTIAN HAYES IS NOT GOING
DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
>> I SORT OF DECIDED WHILE I
CAN, TO 4@PRIVET, AND I WILL DO
180 AND SWITCH UP WHAT WE 4@
OFFER, FROM FINE DINING TO
SOMETHING PRACTICAL.
>> Reporter: CHRISTIAN HAYES IS
TRYING TO 4@KEEP HIS TWO
BUSINESSES, GARRISON RESTAURANT
AND HIS 4@CATERING COMPANY
AFLOAT.
>> BRISKET, AND I WILL DO THAT
WITH LOBSTER, 4@AND WE GO TO
WINGS AND FRIES, BURGERS, AND 4@
PULLED PORK SANDWICHES.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE 4@GARRISO
STOPPED DELIVERING LAST WEEK,
HE STARTED FROM SCRATCH.
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT THE FIRST NIGHT.
WE WERE NOT 4@READY FOR IT.
WE ESSENTIALLY CREATED A BRAND
NEW RESTAURANT.
>> Reporter: HIS TAKEOUT MENU
TOOK OFF, SO MUCH SO, 4@THEY RA
OUT OF FOOD BY 6:30 THE FIRST
FEW NIGHTS 4@OPEN4@.
>> WE HAD GONE 4@THROUGH A FEW
HUNDRED BURGER PATTIES, 50 TO
100 POUNDS OF FRIES, AND 4@WE
WERE JUST SELLING 4@OUT OF FOOD
JUST ABSOLUTELY 4@INUNDATED.
IT'S BEEN HUMBLING.
>> Reporter: HE HAD 4@TO LAY OF
TWO DOZEN EMPLOYEES.
>> TELL ME WHAT IT WAS 4@LIKE
WHEN YOU HAD TO LAY OFF
EMPLOYEES.
>> TERRIBLE.
THEY HAD BEEN WITH US FOR A 4@
LONG TIME.
NOT ONLY TALENTED, BUT AMAZING
HUMAN BEINGS.
THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING.
SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE TO SAY
GOOD-BYE, IT WAS AWFUL.
>> 4@Reporter: THEY MAY HAVE SE
THE WRITING 4@ON THE WALL, BUT
LILLY WOODWARD DID NOT SEE IT
COMING. 4@
>> I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS 4@RECENTLY
LAID OFF IN PORTLAND.
TELL ME WHERE YOU 4@ARE?
>> CURRENTLY IN VIRGINIA TECH
IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> Reporter: I CAUGHT UP WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF 4@MAINE LAW
SCHOOL STUDENT DRIVIN4@G HOME.
>> THEY SAID YOUR JOB IS SAFE,
WE HAVE PLANS TO TAKE 4@CARE OF
YOU.
I'M A STUDEN4@T.
THAT'S WHY I'M HEADED HOME TO
ARKANSAS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE
WISHED THE 4@OWNERS GAVE HER A
HEADS UP.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THE ISSUE FOR ME WAS
THE WAY IT WAS DONE.
>> Reporter: I REACHED 4@OUT TO
THE OWNERS OF 4@GELATO FIASCO,
AND THE OWNER SAID 4@THEY WERE
HEART BROKEN TO LAY OFF THE
EMPLOYEES.
HE SAID THE EMPLOYEES WERE
NEVER 4@TOLD THEIR JOBS WERE
SAFE.
>> FINGERS CROSSED THIS THING 4@
PASSES, AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN
GET BACK ON OUR FEET.
WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN,
AND THAT IS 4@THE HOPE.
>> Reporter: LAST TUESDAY
CHRISTIAN SAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF
HIS BUSINESSES COLLAPSING A
MAINE STATE REVENUE OFFICER
SHOWED UP TO COLLECT FEBRUARY
SALES TAX THAT CHRISTIAN CLAIMS
MAINE STATE REVENUE OFFICER SHOWED UP TO COLLECT FEBRUARY SALES TAX THAT CHRISTIAN CLAIMS@
WAS TWO DAYS LATE.
>> WE MISSED A PAYMENT, AND A
COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, 4@ON
TUESDAY, A REVENUE OFFICER
SHOWED UP AND 4@WAS TRYING TO
COLLECT, TELLING US THEY WERE
GOING TO SHUT US DOWN.
IT WAS A MAJOR KICK IN THE GUT @
BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY UP
AGAINST SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: THE MAINE REVENUE
SERVICE SAID 4@IN A STATEMENT
THEY RECOGNIZE THE STRAIN
BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING, AND THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TAXPAYERS
BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TAXPAYERS@
WHO NEED ASSISTANCE.
THEY SAID REVENUE OFFICERS ARE
STILL COLLECTING TAXES IN
PERSON, AND TH4@ERE 4@ARE NO PL
TO HALT COLLECTING THEM NEWS TO
THE CORONAVIRUS.
IN THE MEANTI4@ME, CHRISTIAN 4@
TRYING TO SEE THE 4@HUMOR IN
THINGS.
>> I LITERALLY WAS LAUGHING
OUTLOU4@D WHEN I READ 4@CURRENT
MOOD, JUST REALIZED MY UNDIES 4@
ARE ON BACKWARDS, 4@THANKS, BYE
#THANKGODIT'SNOTATHONG.
>> Reporter: IS THIS THE STATE @
YOU'RE LIVING IN?
>> IT'S THE STATE I'M LIVING
ON.
>> Reporter: JUST BECAUSE HE'S
KEEPING IT LIGHT DOESN'T MEAN
HE'S NOT WORRIED.
>> THERE'S A MAJORITY THE
RESTAURANTS WILL 4@NOT HAVE THE
CHANCE TO OPEN UP.
I'M MORE 4@SAD THAN 4@SCARED.
I'M JUST SAD.
I KNOW A LOT OF