“A small town diner in Chama has had to change a lot of things this year due to the pandemic. Luckily, the community has been supportive every step of the way, and now that diner is giving back to the community.
‘This year, has been— it’s been pretty rough,’ said Fina Elbrock, coowner of Fina’s Diner.
Fina’s Diner in Chama relies heavily on tourism to stay afloat, so when indoor dining closed down they were forced to get creative.
‘We turned our restaurant into a drive thru, and so far we’ve been doing drive thrus ever since,’ Elbrock said.
What used to be indoor seating was flipped into a makeshift order window so Elbrock could keep selling her famous breakfast burritos.
‘Once you get ours you won’t go anywhere else,’ she said.
Right after Thanksgiving, Elbrock hatched her plan.
‘My daughter and I were talking and I told her, you know what, maybe at Christmas we should give meals out to the community. And she’s all, mom, it’s Christmas Day. And I told her, well you know, it’s alright. We can have Christmas anytime,’ Elbrock said.”
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