Restaurant owners have been patiently waiting for the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) to open the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (“RRF”) since the passing of the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021. The SBA announced this week that registration for the SBA application portal will begin on Friday, April 30, 2021, at 9 am ET and applications will open on Monday, May 3, 2021, at noon ET. Here is what you need to know.
1. Who can apply?
Think outside the box on this one. It is not just full-service restaurants, but includes food stands, food trucks, food carts, caterers, bars and taverns, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (who doesn’t love a good coffee!)
Other potential entities that could apply include brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms, breweries or microbreweries, wineries and distilleries, inns and licensed…