‘Fighting for survival’: GWorld vendors struggle to stay afloat on vacated campus

When students cleared campus last week, Carvings and Uptowner Cafe co-owner Usman Saleem needed a game plan to keep business afloat.

Saleem already needed to shutter Uptowner Cafe as Lisner Hall, where the vendor is located, closed. He tried to keep Carvings running by providing takeout service, but Saleem said there was “very, very little business” and he eventually shut down the restaurant indefinitely and laid off workers so they could collect unemployment checks.

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