{"id":326351,"date":"2020-07-14T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=326351"},"modified":"2020-07-14T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:00:01","slug":"shirleys-famous-fried-rice-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-famous-fried-rice-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s famous fried rice is back"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop reopened the Garapan location last April 27, 10 days after the Susupe branch reopened. (Krizel Tuazon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diehard fans of Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s fried rice, seafood omelet, palabok, half-chicken, and halo-halo can relax now as the institution in the island\u2019s food industry is back after being closed for nearly a month.<\/p>\n

General manager Puy Macario said the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter their doors for several weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe closed on March 23 and reopened on April 17, but only our Susupe location. We reopened the Garapan location last April 27. \u2026Now that we are in Community Vulnerability Level \u2018Blue,\u2019 we are now open from 6am to 10pm in both branches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like other businesses, Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop wasn\u2019t exempt from ill effects of the pandemic. \u201cNo business was spared I guess. For a while we completely stopped our operations. Even though we are back now, there are still a lot of people who prefer do their food preparations at home,\u201d he said. That means the restaurant\u2019s sales went down. \u201cI think this applies to most businesses on island. Down in sales, of course, translates to lesser customers. But since we reopened we are slowly picking up on our sales and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

A customer has her temperature checked at Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Susupe branch. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before reopening, though, Macario made sure that Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop is compliant with all COVID-19 preventive measures prescribed by the Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, those instructions released by the government, like the wearing of masks and social distancing of 6 feet apart, are being strictly observed. We also require our staff to frequently sanitize and wash their hands with water and soap,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

All restaurant staff also undertook the COVID-19 swab test and are required to take a thermal temperature scan prior to beginning their shift assignments. \u201cWe\u2019ve also told them not to come to work if they feel sick or have any COVID-19 symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who missed Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop would be delighted to know that its full menu is back since the reopening of its dine-in services.<\/p>\n

Customers are asked to undergo temperature checks and dab their hands with sanitizer before dining in. (Krizel Tuazon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOur regular menu is available both for takeout and dine-in. Our platters that we started during the takeout-only operation days were discontinued after Father\u2019s Day. Perhaps in the future, we may consider it again. [But] for now, we are kind of limited with staff assignment. Platter entails a lot of preparation time,\u201d said Macario.<\/p>\n

Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop, which was founded in Guam in 1983 by the restaurant\u2019s iconic namesake, Shirley Lai, is just happy to remain relevant 27 years after opening its first branch in Chalan Laulau.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank our customers for their continued patronage. We have been blessed with such loyal customers. We\u2019re very optimistic that a vaccine will be available soon. This will bring back to normal all the things we used to do, along with it, the return of our economy to normalcy,\u201d said Macario.<\/p>\n

For more information, to pre-order, for to reserve seats, call Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop at either its Garapan branch at 233-4519\/20 or its Susupe branch at 235-5379\/80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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