During tough financial times, local restaurant finds ways to give back

When you step inside Emerald City Catering you feel like you walked into Oz.

The walls are decorated with pictures from the popular movie, Wizard of Oz and the man behind the curtain is Steven Ozbolt.

LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HITHARD DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

SOEVERYDAY WE ARE COMMITTED TOSHOWING YOU THE IMPACT YOU CANHAVE BY SUPPORTING THESE LOCALBUSINESSES IN NEW SERIESCALLED WE'RE OPEN.ADRIANAMENDEZ WENT TO MILWAUKEE'SSOUTH SIDE TO TALK TO ARESTAURANT OWNER WHO SAYS, THEONLY WAY WE WILL GET THOUGHTHIS IS BY LEANING ON ONEDURING THESE TRYING TIMES, ITMAY FEEL LIKE WE ARE LIVING INOZ--BUT SOMETIMES, COMFORTFOOD AND THE KINDNESS OFOTHERS CAN BRING US BACK TO ASENSE OF NORMALCY...AND ONELOCAL CATERING COMPANY ISTAKING A UNIQUE APPROACH TOHELP OTHERS IN NEED.112930 I want to promoteanything that can promotecommunity togetherness andhappiness even though we can'tbe close to each otherSTEPINSIDE EMERALD CITY CATERINGAND YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU STEPINSIDE OZTHE WALLS AREDECORATED WITH MEMENTOES FROMTHE POPULAR MOVIE, "WIZARD OFOZ"--AND THE MAN BEHIND THECURTAIN HERE113347 HummingISSTEVEN OZBOLT110926 justtrying to get a little bit ofcrush on there freshHE MOVEDTO THIS LOCATION IN SOUTHMILWAUKEE, TWO YEARS AGO WITHA FOCUS EVENTS110957 nat BUTNOW HIS BUSINESS IS AT ASTANDSTILL.111643 it'sdifficult because everythingis on holdTHE EVENT SPACE THATONCE HELD UP TO 250 PEOPLENOWSITS EMPTY, AND HE AND HISWIFE ARE TRYING TO STAY AFLOATBY OFFERING TOGO MEALS.

111650it's a matter of keeping ourhead above water, pay theessential thingsBUT TO HIM,WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THANPROFITIS COMMUNITY.112907 themain thing to me is makingsure no one goes hungryMONDAYTHROUGH FRIDAY, THEY OFFER"PAY AS YOU MAY" MEALS140447is that enough to cover thecost of it?THE CONCEPT ISSIMPLE, YOU PAY WHATEVER YOUCAN AFFORD.111445 I know timesare tough for everybody I knowa lot of people are out ofwork, you can come in, get ameal, pay a compliment ifthat's all you can afford.

Wehave had people come by andpay $40 bucks for a chickendinner and we pay that forwardanything above the cost of thefood we give forward to thenext peopleCUSTOMERS HERE SAY160517 you guys have supportedour churchTHEY ARE HAPPY TOHELP SUPPORT A BUSINESS THAT160900 I don't want to see somany of the wonderfulbusinesses we have inMilwaukee close and not beable to reopenOZ SAYS MAKINGSURE OTHERS ARE TAKEN CARE OFDURING THIS TIME OF NEED ISHIS BOTTOM LINE.111816 everystorm eventually runs out ofrain and the hard thing is tobunker down and realize we areall in this togetherAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOSUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES INOUR AREA, WE HAVE A FULL LISTOF RESTURANTS AND BUSINESSESTHAT ARE STILL OPEN, OR IF YOUWOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT ONE, HEADTO T-M-J FOUR DOT COM