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Sanford Brewing Company may close both locations after food, drinks run out
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Sanford Brewing Company says both Central Florida locations still plan on closing, as soon as they run out of everything.The staff who thought they would be out of jobs last week are now taking it day by day.”None of us have anything lined up, so for the next few days, we’re going to do our best and try to serve as many people as we can,” said Darwin Goh, the manager of the Maitland location. “I’ve just never worked anywhere that has had so much local support and repeat business. A large majority of the people, of our guests are people that I’ve seen before.”He said some financial challenges, including an illness, led their investors to make a tough decision.The location in Sanford has been around for eight years. Thursday is when the staff originally thought both locations would say their final goodbyes. “Thursday, we stayed open till like 1 a.m., even though we closed at nine,” Goh said. “We just stayed here the entire night with them. Everybody was tearing up,” Adrian Vargas, who is a regular customer, said. However, Goh said the owners told the staff they could continue serving during the weekend until their kitchens go empty. “The best we could do for the staff is sell everything that I have in the building,” Goh said. “I have lots of food. We have a beer, wine, a full liquor bar. So we don’t want that to go to waste.”The business said the summer has been very slow, and it really pushed them over the edge.To make up for the loss, they are taking cash only from customers so the money can go directly to the staff. “These people become family, so it’s like losing family in a way,” Vargas said. “I want to say I’m hopeful because this allows these people to explore things that they maybe didn’t have a chance to explore and potentially open up their own brewery.” The owners said they needed more than $100,000 to pay the workers while trying to secure a new buyer.
Sanford Brewing Company says both Central Florida locations still plan on closing, as soon as they run out of everything.
The staff who thought they would be out of jobs last week are now taking it day by day.
“None of us have anything lined up, so for the next few days, we’re going to do our best and try to serve as many people as we can,” said Darwin Goh, the manager of the Maitland location. “I’ve just never worked anywhere that has had so much local support and repeat business. A large majority of the people, of our guests are people that I’ve seen before.”
He said some financial challenges, including an illness, led their investors to make a tough decision.
The location in Sanford has been around for eight years.
Thursday is when the staff originally thought both locations would say their final goodbyes.
“Thursday, we stayed open till like 1 a.m., even though we closed at nine,” Goh said.
“We just stayed here the entire night with them. Everybody was tearing up,” Adrian Vargas, who is a regular customer, said.
However, Goh said the owners told the staff they could continue serving during the weekend until their kitchens go empty.
“The best we could do for the staff is sell everything that I have in the building,” Goh said. “I have lots of food. We have a beer, wine, a full liquor bar. So we don’t want that to go to waste.”
The business said the summer has been very slow, and it really pushed them over the edge.
To make up for the loss, they are taking cash only from customers so the money can go directly to the staff.
“These people become family, so it’s like losing family in a way,” Vargas said. “I want to say I’m hopeful because this allows these people to explore things that they maybe didn’t have a chance to explore and potentially open up their own brewery.”
The owners said they needed more than $100,000 to pay the workers while trying to secure a new buyer.
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