Who’s the Best Democratic Candidate for the Restaurant Business?
Restaurateurs weigh in
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13 min readMar 2, 2020
As Super Tuesday approaches, there have been endless (and contradicting) predictions on the electability of the remaining Democratic candidates for president. Heated’s Andrea Strong spoke to a variety of folks working in the restaurant industry to get a sense of which candidates speak to them and what issues they believe are at stake for the restaurant business.
Reem Assil — chef and owner of Reem’s in Northern California — is a former community and labor organizer and child of Syrian and Palestinian immigrants by way of Lebanon.
Which Democratic candidate speaks to you?
I’m rooting for Bernie, but will rally behind either him or Warren, should they win the Democratic ticket. I’m inspired by how Bernie has been able to galvanize people across the country — from rank-and-file workers to immigrants to young people. It is more about the civic…
