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How independent restaurant Saigon Sisters is adapting to the coronavirus crisis

Listen as Mary Nguyen Aregoni, chef-owner of Saigon Sisters, shares the creative strategies she has developed.

Independent restaurants continue to cobble together ways to boost revenue as the pandemic’s constraints on operations persist. Listen as Mary Nguyen Aregoni, chef-owner of Saigon Sisters,  shares the creative strategies she has developed for two of her Chicago locations that are currently open.

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