Longtime Redding restaurant rolls with county tier change

For now -- shasta county is in the most restrictive tier -- for the first time.

Action news now reporter ana torrea breaks down the financial challenges of the second shutdown in 7 months.

People were lined up outside of the damburger well before its 11am opening time.

Take sot* trt:05 juliet malik co-owner of damburger we've stuck to to-go, delivery, and outdoor dining.

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic: the damburger kept its doors closed.

Take sot* trt:09 juliet malik co-owner of damburger there was not a lot of guidance in the beginning of how to safely operate, so once we had some good guidelines from the state and county, we put a plan in action and reopened.

The longtime redding restaurant managed to stay afloat thanks to p-p-p loans.

But it did have to cut some costs.

Take sot* trt:10 juliet malik co-owner of hamburger it's definitely cut-in, but we're okay and as long as we can keep going the way we've been going, we think we'll be okay.

Ana stand up* trt ana torrea atorreanews with shasta county now moved into the purple tier today, that means businesses like restaurants can now only do outdoor dining, even as shasta faces more restrictions - damburger keeps rolling with the punches.

Take sot* trt:08 juliet malik co-owner of damburger we chose a method of being open we thought that we could sustain, regardless of what the conditions were in our county.

Damburger's keeping its indoor dining area closedã using it as a preparation area for cooking and deliveries.

But hope they can welcome customers inside soon.

Take sot* trt:07 juliet malik co-owner of damburger i really look forward to the time when we can operate were supposed to, damburger is nor just a burger for people.

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