Colorado Restaurant Association

CRA is the leading trade organization for CO's dynamic foodservice industry of 11,000+ eating & drinking establishments.

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

What are you waiting for? We’ve got a food truck feast happening on the west side of the Capitol Building! Lunch served until 1! @COHouseDem @COSenDem @COHouseGOP @ColoSenGOP

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

HB23-1118 (restrictive scheduling) is up for its first vote TODAY! This bill would be devastating for restaurants, their employees, their guests, and our communities. ⁠
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Let this data and these stories from local Colorado restaurants explain why...

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

#CO HB23-1118 is meant to help restaurant workers, but the unintended consequences would do the opposite. Many people who work in restaurants do so because they need a flexible schedule, and this bill would take that away.

#CO #coleg #copolitics

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

Live at the #CRBShow:“We need to look at individuals on our teams and take care of them. Our job is to listen and care for them so they return. We strive every single day to see our employees. Do we succeed every time? No way. But we try.” Gary Obligacion, The Alinea Group

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

Get ready for another fall/winter of outdoor dining… and please be kind to restaurant workers! #corestaurants

[KUNC Colorado @KUNC]

Today on #ColoradoEdition, chef/owner of The Regional restaurant @kevingrossi and communications director of @corestassoc @DeniseMickelsen tell us how the current restaurant worker shortage might impact the future of dining. https://t.co/FsomkpqTmn

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

@denversportsfan @ChrisJFuselier @BlakeSt_Tavern Restaurants have always been uniquely focused on keeping people safe. We trust CO restaurants to make the best choices for their guests and teams until we hear more from public officials, and ask CO diners to respect what their restaurants ask of them.

[Dylan Roberts @Dylan_RobertsCO]

CHEERS! 🍻

To-go alcohol from restaurants will continue! ✅

@GovofCO was in Eagle County today to sign our bill allowing restaurants to sell to-go alcohol for four more years and for towns to have common outdoor dining areas. Common sense changes to help small business! #coleg

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

“One thing that’s gotten lost in the last year with the pandemic is restaurants are really fun environments to work in," said Denise Mickelsen, Communication Director for CRA. https://t.co/2Sbc4fnThD

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

“We created this job board to make it simple and appealing for new talent and returning workers to find their homes in the restaurant industry,” says Sonia Riggs, CEO of CRA. https://t.co/jbxgRGxB2b

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

“Alcohol to go is win-win for the people of Colorado, who overwhelmingly approve of it, and for restaurants, who need it as they work to recover following more than a year of pandemic-driven disruptions to business,” said CEO of CRA, Sonia Riggs. @KDVR https://t.co/J5KfxTzfUC

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"Party like a pro to benefit restaurant workers: Colorado Restaurant Association's Drink Red, Wear Red bash includes wine (red, of course), cocktails, bites from a dozen Denver restaurants and live music from 6:30 to 9 p.m." by @DenverWestword staff. https://t.co/zhAQsNGBGS

[Dylan Roberts @Dylan_RobertsCO]

Cheers! This bill is ready ‘to-go’ to the Governor! ✅

I am proud to be a co-prime sponsor of this bipartisan bill to help Colorado restaurants which just repassed both chambers and will soon be law. #coleg @corestassoc @JeffBridges

https://t.co/woAsKNBEyZ

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"As restaurants continue to experience staffing shortages, the Colorado Restaurant Association has launched a new job board to help connect restaurateurs with prospective employees." @KDVR #hiring #copolitics #coleg #HIRINGNOW https://t.co/iYrIaud3NT

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"The event, put on by the Colorado Restaurant Association (CRA) and Foundation (CRF), benefits the CRA Mile High Chapter's Hardship Relief Fund as well as the CRF, which administers the statewide Angel Relief Fund," wrote @DenverWestword staff. https://t.co/nYqpX2r84r

[Ed Sealover @ESealoverDenver]

Yes, Denver-area restaurants are at 100% capacity. But between the labor shortage and the inability to even get tables and chairs made, many aren't going there. I speak with eateries as well as groups like @EatDenverCO and @corestassoc about this: https://t.co/at7UiohZ8m

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"To go cocktails were part of how restaurants helped us bring that experience home with us when we couldn’t go out.

Businesses innovated during the pandemic, as they always do," wrote @Rachel_C_Beck, @csgazette. #copolitics #coleg https://t.co/6YRhjIYhU4

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"Angel Relief Fund is the foundation arm of the Colorado Restaurant Association. It has tried to support workers in this industry when they have been laid off or furloughed due to COVID-19 by providing grants of up to $1,000," wrote Erin Powell, @9NEWS. https://t.co/LEXmWVYi2U

[TalentReef @talentReef]

Join us on June 17th to support and celebrate #Denver's restaurant workers at the Drink Red Wear Red event hosted by the Colorado Restaurant Association. Sign up here: https://t.co/zgvIMvqRu3
@corestassoc #restaurants #coloradorestaurants #denverfood

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

"Allowing this effort to continue gives people a service they are looking for — and it’s a great way to try new cocktails, wine and beer with good food at home," wrote David M. Ozgo, senior VP & chief economist at @DistilledSpirit, @colo_politics. #coleg https://t.co/kZZeYbrqnU

[Colorado Restaurant Association @corestassoc]

Don't let #alcohol to go end on July 1! Tell your elected officials to support the HOUSE version of HB 1027 TODAY! ⁠
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It is crucial that they hear how this will help local restaurants recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. ⁠

https://t.co/m73Zt3JrKc