Hawaii Restaurants Got $414 Million In Pandemic Aid. Where Did It Go? … The $26 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund ran out of money almost immediately after it began accepting applications.
WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 of Hawaii’s restaurants, bars and bakeries received $414 million through a federal grant program aimed at offsetting revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to newly released data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
On a per capita basis, that’s more money than any other state and second only to the District of Columbia.
Still, many of the Aloha State’s food and beverage businesses were on the outside looking in when it came to snatching up federal dollars.
