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>> A LANDMARK SAN FRANCISCO
RESTAURANT THAT WAS FORCED
TO CLOSE ITS DOORS BECAUSE
OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
OFFICIALLY REOPENED FOR
BUISNESS TODAY.
AS KRON 4'S ALECIA REID
REPORTS, OWNERS SCRAMBLED TO
OPEN TODAY AFTER RECEIVING
WORD LAST NIGHT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT GAVE THEM THE O-
K.
>> REPORTER: THE KITCHEN IS
ONCE AGAIN BUSY WITH
BUSTLING WAITERS --- AND
GUESTS AT THE BISTRO WAITING
PATIENTLY FOR THEIR MEALSDUE
TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN,
THE CLIFFHOUSE -- WHICH IS A
PART OF THE GOLDEN GATE
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA --
WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.
>> THE OVERHEAD AND THE
UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING THAT
COSTS 10-12 THOUSAND
DOLLARS A DAY. THAT'S JUST
TO START WITH. THE LONGER
THE SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON, OR
THE LONGER WE STAY CLOSED,
THE MORE EMPLOYEES WE LOSE.
I THINK WE LOST 4-5
EMPLOYEES.
>> REPORTER: OWNERS COMPLIED
AND CLOSED THEIR DOORS, BUT
DUE TO HARDSHIPS OF THE
RESTAURANTS' 170 EMPLOYEES,
DECIDED TO REOPEN. AFTER A
FEW DAYS THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT SHUT THEM DOWN
AGAINTHEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT
THEY HEARD GOOD NEWS.
>> I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK
AT WORK. I THINK THIS WAS
THE FIRST TIME I WOKE UP
AND WAS SAD I COULDN'T GO
TO WORK. WHEN I GOT THE
CALL THAT WE WERE OPEN I
SAID YES!!!
>> I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.
IT WAS A SURPRISE AND ITS
OPEN AND WE'RE HERE. IT'S
GREAT.
>> REPORTER: THE GOVERNMENT
ALTERED WHAT CAN AND CANNOT
OPEN DURING THE SHUTDOWN.
CLIFFHOUSE FULFILLED THE
CRITERIA AND NOW THE BISTRO
AND GIFTSHOP ARE OPEN TO
GUESTS
>> WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY
FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. WE'RE SELF
SUFFICIENT. AS A MATTER OF
FACT WE PAY THEM.
ARE
>> THE BISTRO IS UP AND