Like many, many restaurants, “The Scullery” in Greenville, NC is closed. My younger cousin Matt and his wife Erin pour their hearts and lives into this place. Their food wins awards, they give back to their community, they employ 2-dozen people, and invite everyone... #thread

...on top of that, they also have three young kids. Matt has been posting some true accounts of being on the brink of losing your livelihood on IG (@_TheScullery) while also painting positivity. Because, that’s Matt. He’s an incredibly lovable guy. #thread

Matt and all other restaurant owners across the Carolinas like him deserve light shown on their realities.

“It's a crazy time,” he told me. “It's pretty impossible to know what to do. It's hard not to get discouraged. We've been closed over two weeks. This is a tough business...

“...Most of the time we pay this week’s invoices with last week’s sales. I’m not sure what Erin and I will do, but we’ll survive. I’m more worried about my staff. I hate leaving them with no income.”

This is exactly what many small biz owners say: they’re worried about employees