Still Life Cafe Relief Fund

Our family has been coming to the Eastern Sierras since 1987. We fell in love with them and decided to move here in 1993. After making this beautiful place our new home, we decided to try and really make something special where the community and travelers alike could get together and enjoy our passion for cooking french cuisine in the place our family had loved for so long. People questioned our choice, a French restaurant in such a small town, but we knew that others would see what we were trying to do. Our business grew over the years as we gained wonderful friends and customers from all over the world. Our problems began with the start of covid. Being such a small town, we have always relied on travelers for a large part of our business, just as many other businesses around here have always done. When traveling stopped, so did a large part of our revenue stream that we used to get through the slow parts of the year and do regular upkeep on our equipment. We fell behind without that extra bump, for example our walk in fridge and ceiling is in desperate need of repair and our utility bill has been overdue since March, among other things. Many other businesses in the area received both a PPP loan and a disaster relief loan to help in these hard times, however, for reasons we don't know, we were denied these much needed funds from the government to keep us afloat. We know a lot of businesses are struggling right now, but we wanted to ask if there is any way our community, friends, and friends of friends could help us weather this storm. If we get help, we could get things repaired and survive long enough to make it to the busy season and get back on our feet. We have dedicated our life and savings into our business and cannot start over as we are much older now. No one wants to see another small business go under after everything we have all been through, is there any way you could find it in your heart to help? Thank you everyone.