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What it's like to run a restaurant right now

caption: Tamarind Tree employees from left, Tin Dang, Loan Luong, and Mui Tang work in the kitchen on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at the restaurant in Seattle's Little Saigon neighborhood.
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Tamarind Tree employees from left, Tin Dang, Loan Luong, and Mui Tang work in the kitchen on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at the restaurant in Seattle's Little Saigon neighborhood.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

Restaurants across the state are closed to in-house dining. So where does that leave restaurant owners?

Shimi Kahn is the owner of Falafel Salam, a West Seattle restaurant and food truck.

He says that he's been encouraged by the community support he's seen. In fact, it's the only reason Falafel Salam is still open for delivery, instead of closing completely as he'd originally planned.

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