As the novel coronavirus pandemic has forced Austin restaurants to shut down their dining rooms and led grocery stores to run out of supplies, some local dining establishments have taken it upon themselves to provide for the city.

Even before March 24, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott temporarily authorized restaurants to sell bulk groceries (including “packaged meat, fruit, and vegetables, and dry goods”), most restaurants had already added their own markets as a way to make additional revenue while also using up unused surplus products.

One of them was the East Austin butcher shop and restaurant Salt & Time, which upped its grocery offerings since closing its dining room on March 19. “It’s part of a broader decision-making process,” explains co-owner Ben Runkle, who noticed an influx of customers coming in to stock up on goods.

“We are doing everything we can to support folks who aren’t as fortunate as we are,” Runkle says. And as a small business, he adds, “we can be much more nimble and move quickly” in response to the fluid situation.

The steps he’s taken include opening earlier and dedicating the first hour of business (9 to 10 a.m.) to the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. It’s when the store is the cleanest, thus making it safer for those high-risk shoppers. The Salt team is also upholding CDC guidelines and social distancing measures, like creating six-foot zones throughout the store and offering plenty of hand sanitizer and gloves for shoppers.

To show the store’s support of fellow restaurants and businesses, Salt’s shelves includes finishing salts and hot sauces from Lenoir, coffee from Figure 8, fresh pasta from L’Oca d’Oro, pizza dough and sauce from Bufalina, and pickles and barbecue sauces from LeRoy & Lewis, among others.

In addition, Salt is selling its usual array of raw meats, produce, dairy and cheese, wine and beer, and limited amounts of toilet paper and paper towels. It’s working on adding these items to its online store, though the meats are already available.

In the North Loop, the nose-to-tail restaurant Foreign & Domestic has added bulk staples to its new online ordering system for curbside pickups. The array features fresh pastas, breads (available by the loaf or slice), quarts of milks, bags of flour, blocks of cheddar, and eggs by the dozen.

“There’s not a supply issue,” says co-owner Sarah Heard. “It’s simply an access issue. We have access and want to share the love.” Many items were chosen based on what the team usually has in the kitchen and what’s been in low to no supply at stores. She hopes that by providing some of these necessities through the restaurant, people won’t have to brave the “mess and risk” at bigger supermarkets.

The South Austin bakery Confituras Little Kitchen has also increased its offerings to cater to the growing demand for goods. Known for its house-made jams, the shop is now selling a mix of pantry staples, along with its biscuits, cheeses, coffee, and chocolates. Even better, it added a hot new commodity: sourdough starters, plus breads from expert baker Abby Jane.

Out in Dripping Springs, the Jester King brewery has launched a country shop on its grounds, selling excess goods from the kitchen and its suppliers. This means anchovy tins, truffle oil, vegetables like cremini mushrooms and avocados, sugar, coconut milk, yeast, and more.

Orders over $50 even come with two complimentary rolls of toilet paper. The brewery had “a fair amount of toilet paper” because of its weekly weekend beer festivals, notes co-founder Jeffrey Stuffings, because of its weekly weekend beer festivals. “It’s sad but funny,” he observes of the fact that the brewery once had limits on how many bottled beer people could buy, but now there are limits on toilet paper.

Here’s a list of other restaurants adding pop-up markets to their lineups so that people can skip the long lines and empty shelves at major grocery chains while also supporting the community by shopping local.

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