Washougal restaurants cope with new reality during COVID-19 crisis

When Ryon Morrison, the owner of the Taberna NW delicatessen in downtown Washougal, looked at his business’ sales figures for the week of Sunday, March 22, he had no choice but to face the harsh new reality that has caused a great deal of anguish to restaurant owners during the past few weeks. 

“Last week was really, really bad for me,” Morrison said Monday, March 30. “Thankfully I had some good friends that were there for me when I needed to talk. It was really hard. At the end of last week there were a lot of tears, and heartbreak, and me asking myself, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ It’s hard to stay optimistic, to be honest.”